diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1b3baa78b5a6..2f554e671e7e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 47f88c99c2ad0c05dd415e1c2a6d59426eb305ed
+refs/heads/master: ae71bafdd4ce29856addfede1ab7046f4e45775b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/s390/net/claw.c b/trunk/drivers/s390/net/claw.c
index 30a43cc79e76..7b6f46ddf3c3 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/s390/net/claw.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/s390/net/claw.c
@@ -338,12 +338,6 @@ claw_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	CLAW_DBF_TEXT(4, trace, "claw_tx");
         p_ch=&privptr->channel[WRITE];
-        if (skb == NULL) {
-                privptr->stats.tx_dropped++;
-		privptr->stats.tx_errors++;
-		CLAW_DBF_TEXT_(2, trace, "clawtx%d", -EIO);
-                return -EIO;
-        }
         spin_lock_irqsave(get_ccwdev_lock(p_ch->cdev), saveflags);
         rc=claw_hw_tx( skb, dev, 1 );
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(get_ccwdev_lock(p_ch->cdev), saveflags);