diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 71d50ed1f133..4fbf3239a208 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d29a4a5fe8d687cee3ea372be00c61a09860b656
+refs/heads/master: b9975dabe3f0a6e4d1af52c47f66b5558df207a3
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c
index afdc3f756dea..cf9273571917 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static int apbt_cpuhp_notify(struct notifier_block *n,
 		dw_apb_clockevent_pause(adev->timer);
 		if (system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
 			pr_debug("skipping APBT CPU %lu offline\n", cpu);
-		} else if (adev) {
+		} else {
 			pr_debug("APBT clockevent for cpu %lu offline\n", cpu);
 			dw_apb_clockevent_stop(adev->timer);
 		}