diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0eb497b6e3f3..c9f497c2a86c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e6599225db36bbdc991d1cc8fbfcacb24f86cdb5
+refs/heads/master: d98b15db376b9cc35f74fd2bd432b9fc287a5999
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c b/trunk/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c
index 60adf919d78d..32417b5064fd 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ static int xenbus_uevent_backend(struct device *dev,
 
 	xdev = to_xenbus_device(dev);
 	bus = container_of(xdev->dev.bus, struct xen_bus_type, bus);
-	if (xdev == NULL)
-		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=xen-backend:%s", xdev->devicetype))
 		return -ENOMEM;