diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 33fa23e4368e..2cb6244f474f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a906b060b069d84e9d2b7fe60cc7a7f893be4c0c
+refs/heads/master: 43163f0f8a11822607c36249c6f55f0613e0d73d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
index e23172c9caaf..6260faa658a2 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
@@ -279,9 +279,6 @@ int ath9k_wmi_cmd(struct wmi *wmi, enum wmi_cmd_id cmd_id,
 	if (wmi->drv_priv->op_flags & OP_UNPLUGGED)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!wmi)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	skb = alloc_skb(headroom + cmd_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;