diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 370dd787c002..957911774ae3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2c79737af83e0d586899f48c6010148ea2064369
+refs/heads/master: 5abe257af8b95857b95fa0ba694530b446ae32d8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/rtc/class.c b/trunk/drivers/rtc/class.c
index f8a0aab218cb..5143629dedbd 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/rtc/class.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/rtc/class.c
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ void rtc_device_unregister(struct rtc_device *rtc)
 		rtc_proc_del_device(rtc);
 		device_unregister(&rtc->dev);
 		rtc->ops = NULL;
-		ida_simple_remove(&rtc_ida, rtc->id);
 		mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
 		put_device(&rtc->dev);
 	}