diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 32c59300f076..6d61d58b5f41 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cc56449f53ba45646c6f0a2edf77c4acb342caed
+refs/heads/master: a4e884a311893b476893739901bed382cd62b4fe
diff --git a/trunk/fs/char_dev.c b/trunk/fs/char_dev.c
index 7357a9127df1..a745b1d9e545 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 
 static struct kobj_map *cdev_map;
 
-/* degrade to linked list for small systems */
-#define MAX_PROBE_HASH (CONFIG_BASE_SMALL ? 1 : 255)
+#define MAX_PROBE_HASH 255	/* random */
 
 static DECLARE_MUTEX(chrdevs_lock);