diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ebcba0ac8f41..633fc0087bf3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 63953523341bcafe5928bf6e99bffd7db94b471e
+refs/heads/master: 2a16a3007d5b5896ff62d149bb4dca1a29fd78c4
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
index 102736630002..6ead433a3885 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -594,9 +594,6 @@ asmlinkage void default_do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (!cpu)
 		reason = get_nmi_reason();
 
-	if (!cpu_online(cpu))
-		return;
-
 	if (!(reason & 0xc0)) {
 		if (notify_die(DIE_NMI_IPI, "nmi_ipi", regs, reason, 0, SIGINT)
 								== NOTIFY_STOP)