diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2f779a477fdb..292517bcdab6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3c0eb510697dbbb53674c72544350624a04ab5b4
+refs/heads/master: fbe3d8942e8fd1e947e4d11a3e9e15675a1cac7e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
index 91304342f8b6..7dde47a67997 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
@@ -1255,8 +1255,6 @@ static int __devinit eeepc_hotk_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	struct device *dev;
 	int result;
 
-	if (!device)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	pr_notice(EEEPC_HOTK_NAME "\n");
 	ehotk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct eeepc_hotk), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ehotk)
@@ -1343,9 +1341,6 @@ static int __devinit eeepc_hotk_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 
 static int eeepc_hotk_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
 {
-	if (!device || !acpi_driver_data(device))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	eeepc_backlight_exit();
 	eeepc_rfkill_exit();
 	eeepc_input_exit();