diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e83e916cef35..3541dbf7347c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: dec827d174d7f76c457238800183ca864a639365
+refs/heads/master: 11ecede7874efb9c31184b49090fc6d9bb17f9f6
diff --git a/trunk/net/tipc/core.h b/trunk/net/tipc/core.h
index 3fe9b70331d9..3229d29e352a 100644
--- a/trunk/net/tipc/core.h
+++ b/trunk/net/tipc/core.h
@@ -334,8 +334,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *buf_acquire(u32 size)
 
 static inline void buf_discard(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if (likely(skb != NULL))
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
 #endif