diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ef61ad2db991..470ca71ee8d4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9687c637388f63b87fcc18eee6e65bcfca4f49ca
+refs/heads/master: 56755924100261b8e52dca68ca53ece54b6f64ad
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c b/trunk/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
index 2c2a98e402e7..86f3b885b4f3 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ int cipso_v4_doi_add(struct cipso_v4_doi *doi_def,
 	doi = doi_def->doi;
 	doi_type = doi_def->type;
 
-	if (doi_def == NULL || doi_def->doi == CIPSO_V4_DOI_UNKNOWN)
+	if (doi_def->doi == CIPSO_V4_DOI_UNKNOWN)
 		goto doi_add_return;
 	for (iter = 0; iter < CIPSO_V4_TAG_MAXCNT; iter++) {
 		switch (doi_def->tags[iter]) {