diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 16df6a0038ed..f83a8e7bab91 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 46056be71c37378f518711da651e4bb76d650ee9
+refs/heads/master: 3af968e066d593bc4dacc021715f3e95ddf0996f
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/async.c b/trunk/kernel/async.c
index 50540301ed0f..27235f5de198 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/async.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/async.c
@@ -92,23 +92,18 @@ extern int initcall_debug;
 static async_cookie_t  __lowest_in_progress(struct list_head *running)
 {
 	struct async_entry *entry;
-	async_cookie_t ret = next_cookie; /* begin with "infinity" value */
 
 	if (!list_empty(running)) {
 		entry = list_first_entry(running,
 			struct async_entry, list);
-		ret = entry->cookie;
+		return entry->cookie;
 	}
 
-	if (!list_empty(&async_pending)) {
-		list_for_each_entry(entry, &async_pending, list)
-			if (entry->running == running) {
-				ret = entry->cookie;
-				break;
-			}
-	}
+	list_for_each_entry(entry, &async_pending, list)
+		if (entry->running == running)
+			return entry->cookie;
 
-	return ret;
+	return next_cookie;	/* "infinity" value */
 }
 
 static async_cookie_t  lowest_in_progress(struct list_head *running)