diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 897676ebd89c..2c4703999f8d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c07d3c75a76d93f00182af2c6b750a52ea4d9869
+refs/heads/master: 18526c7896fca5229c8d7b4b415605a17f9952d0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
index 681488bf6534..d4fa65489655 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
@@ -1763,8 +1763,6 @@ static void rtl8192_qos_activate(struct work_struct * work)
 	u8  u1bAIFS;
 	u32 u4bAcParam;
         int i;
-        if (priv == NULL)
-                return;
 
         mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
         if(priv->ieee80211->state != IEEE80211_LINKED)