diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 527017b25e77..031f5b27ff07 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: efff9e538f6bfa8ee2ca03f7e9a55d98df115186
+refs/heads/master: 844c7a9ff404d8fc88bb77b06461644621d2c985
diff --git a/trunk/virt/kvm/irq_comm.c b/trunk/virt/kvm/irq_comm.c
index 9fbbdea3d1d5..973df997ea60 100644
--- a/trunk/virt/kvm/irq_comm.c
+++ b/trunk/virt/kvm/irq_comm.c
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ void kvm_notify_acked_irq(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned gsi)
 void kvm_register_irq_ack_notifier(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   struct kvm_irq_ack_notifier *kian)
 {
-	/* Must be called with in-kernel IRQ chip, otherwise it's nonsense */
-	ASSERT(irqchip_in_kernel(kvm));
-	ASSERT(kian);
 	hlist_add_head(&kian->link, &kvm->arch.irq_ack_notifier_list);
 }