diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1c2f29591b99..541fe2e4985a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 79306a340c23e40c94ce16e504d172ae15b24187
+refs/heads/master: 43fe105a5c91b2f00ea7f900ed307fe980410612
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/trunk/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index de3027521bfa..4072449ad1cd 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -217,10 +217,6 @@ static void __init dmi_save_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
 	}
 }
 
-static struct dmi_device empty_oem_string_dev = {
-	.name = dmi_empty_string,
-};
-
 static void __init dmi_save_oem_strings_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
 {
 	int i, count = *(u8 *)(dm + 1);
@@ -229,10 +225,8 @@ static void __init dmi_save_oem_strings_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
 	for (i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
 		char *devname = dmi_string(dm, i);
 
-		if (!strcmp(devname, dmi_empty_string)) {
-			list_add(&empty_oem_string_dev.list, &dmi_devices);
+		if (devname == dmi_empty_string)
 			continue;
-		}
 
 		dev = dmi_alloc(sizeof(*dev));
 		if (!dev) {