diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8f52449e57ec..abae044332c5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 531f67bb9ff4069b629762dd5a560e23fc4c5478
+refs/heads/master: 53985a7bfa7b947c91f35c6adcdc9cacc6fef07f
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/trunk/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index cfd1c0feb32d..dbaded90312c 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -143,10 +143,8 @@ static int64_t _sort__sym_cmp(struct symbol *sym_l, struct symbol *sym_r,
 	if (sym_l == sym_r)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (sym_l)
-		ip_l = sym_l->start;
-	if (sym_r)
-		ip_r = sym_r->start;
+	ip_l = sym_l->start;
+	ip_r = sym_r->start;
 
 	return (int64_t)(ip_r - ip_l);
 }