diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ed30122ffa41..0d7fd26fda9e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: afa12e72decb84cb8378ae2e66e51336e3c66962
+refs/heads/master: 8f1ecc9fbc5b223e4f5d5bb8bcd6f5672c4bc4b6
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/kref.txt b/trunk/Documentation/kref.txt
index 130b6e87aa7e..ae203f91ee9b 100644
--- a/trunk/Documentation/kref.txt
+++ b/trunk/Documentation/kref.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ int my_data_handler(void)
 	task = kthread_run(more_data_handling, data, "more_data_handling");
 	if (task == ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)) {
 		rv = -ENOMEM;
-	        kref_put(&data->refcount, data_release);
 		goto out;
 	}