diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1438acd208c5..a25b47637466 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c14ea0ca659d378dd377e417162ebd908d1da4ce
+refs/heads/master: 88a44e51e9a5202f8856f72400fc87a39205186d
diff --git a/trunk/net/appletalk/ddp.c b/trunk/net/appletalk/ddp.c
index c3f002717378..5abce07fb50a 100644
--- a/trunk/net/appletalk/ddp.c
+++ b/trunk/net/appletalk/ddp.c
@@ -815,9 +815,6 @@ static int atif_ioctl(int cmd, void __user *arg)
 				return -EPERM;
 			if (sa->sat_family != AF_APPLETALK)
 				return -EINVAL;
-			if (!atif)
-				return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
-
 			/*
 			 * for now, we only support proxy AARP on ELAP;
 			 * we should be able to do it for LocalTalk, too.