diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2f4733bfb3d6..053f3e58942d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c80cfb0406c01bb5da91bfe30f5cb1fd96831138
+refs/heads/master: a25d644fc0e232f242d1f3baa63c149c42536ff0
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/wait.h b/trunk/include/linux/wait.h
index 0081147a9fe8..ef609f842fac 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -108,15 +108,6 @@ static inline int waitqueue_active(wait_queue_head_t *q)
 	return !list_empty(&q->task_list);
 }
 
-/*
- * Used to distinguish between sync and async io wait context:
- * sync i/o typically specifies a NULL wait queue entry or a wait
- * queue entry bound to a task (current task) to wake up.
- * aio specifies a wait queue entry with an async notification
- * callback routine, not associated with any task.
- */
-#define is_sync_wait(wait)	(!(wait) || ((wait)->private))
-
 extern void add_wait_queue(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait);
 extern void add_wait_queue_exclusive(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait);
 extern void remove_wait_queue(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait);
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/wait.c b/trunk/kernel/wait.c
index c275c56cf2d3..cd87131f2fc2 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/wait.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/wait.c
@@ -72,12 +72,7 @@ prepare_to_wait(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait, int state)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
 	if (list_empty(&wait->task_list))
 		__add_wait_queue(q, wait);
-	/*
-	 * don't alter the task state if this is just going to
-	 * queue an async wait queue callback
-	 */
-	if (is_sync_wait(wait))
-		set_current_state(state);
+	set_current_state(state);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(prepare_to_wait);
@@ -91,12 +86,7 @@ prepare_to_wait_exclusive(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait, int state)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
 	if (list_empty(&wait->task_list))
 		__add_wait_queue_tail(q, wait);
-	/*
-	 * don't alter the task state if this is just going to
- 	 * queue an async wait queue callback
-	 */
-	if (is_sync_wait(wait))
-		set_current_state(state);
+	set_current_state(state);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(prepare_to_wait_exclusive);