diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 73fedeb81584..9488c0cf50ff 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 331693129d1764e38b15561e5712347fd591b2a9
+refs/heads/master: 5e7bb132bbed2088b8b103e410d143b341dcb837
diff --git a/trunk/arch/blackfin/kernel/bfin_gpio.c b/trunk/arch/blackfin/kernel/bfin_gpio.c
index 4c14331978f6..ea67ae5b033e 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/blackfin/kernel/bfin_gpio.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/blackfin/kernel/bfin_gpio.c
@@ -977,9 +977,6 @@ void peripheral_free(unsigned short per)
 	if (!(per & P_DEFINED))
 		return;
 
-	if (check_gpio(ident) < 0)
-		return;
-
 	local_irq_save_hw(flags);
 
 	if (unlikely(!(reserved_peri_map[gpio_bank(ident)] & gpio_bit(ident)))) {