diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0c20ef531594..5d14c6a59d17 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 16ebe911eba8afa88879213dc4388f2dd701561e
+refs/heads/master: 6a5640f10255a8941a3a57396dda20af7a5c9a9e
diff --git a/trunk/fs/compat.c b/trunk/fs/compat.c
index eb1740ac8c0a..d717442c4133 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/compat.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/compat.c
@@ -597,10 +597,8 @@ ssize_t compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(int type,
 	if (nr_segs > fast_segs) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		iov = kmalloc(nr_segs*sizeof(struct iovec), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (iov == NULL) {
-			*ret_pointer = fast_pointer;
+		if (iov == NULL)
 			goto out;
-		}
 	}
 	*ret_pointer = iov;