diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 177638363ad4..298df3c7914b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0fb232fdb2a2674003ef4b874034e872b7256aa9
+refs/heads/master: 7af1d7532b6cf905230c72c67ad85a480b122374
diff --git a/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c b/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
index 4547a2092af9..9dc00f7fe10e 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
@@ -900,12 +900,6 @@ static void
 palinfo_smp_call(void *info)
 {
 	palinfo_smp_data_t *data = (palinfo_smp_data_t *)info;
-	if (data == NULL) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "palinfo: data pointer is NULL\n");
-		data->ret = 0; /* no output */
-		return;
-	}
-	/* does this actual call */
 	data->ret = (*data->func)(data->page);
 }