diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ebe18fe3bf57..7593a20584e5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: aef0ba54ecb961ae559106540f37ab734b64410d
+refs/heads/master: 49753128d8fc976576c497c81962cf1ae57174aa
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
index 215c65ae23ee..1df5ef6b4953 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
@@ -868,10 +868,10 @@ int mwifiex_drv_get_data_rate(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 	ret = mwifiex_rate_ioctl_cfg(priv, rate);
 
 	if (!ret) {
-		if (rate && rate->is_rate_auto)
+		if (rate->is_rate_auto)
 			rate->rate = mwifiex_index_to_data_rate(priv->tx_rate,
 							priv->tx_htinfo);
-		else if (rate)
+		else
 			rate->rate = priv->data_rate;
 	} else {
 		ret = -1;