diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1765a98a9845..b348f4cdde87 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cb5348554bc715199e49dba4d6bcc58786b4a69c
+refs/heads/master: 0efb34f298b6b12dc9377159c8a6d1b7b73b03bf
diff --git a/trunk/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c b/trunk/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
index 797e89a6c4eb..60c9093bbeae 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
@@ -702,15 +702,8 @@ startup(struct async_struct *info)
 			handler = rs_interrupt_single;
 
 		retval = request_irq(state->irq, handler, IRQ_T(info), "simserial", NULL);
-		if (retval) {
-			if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-				if (info->tty)
-					set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR,
-						&info->tty->flags);
-				retval = 0;
-			}
+		if (retval)
 			goto errout;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/*