diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 83cb66ee4b4b..b95e3c72d033 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 89f4267d6fa96cb3db053d5183558c94ad5f46e5
+refs/heads/master: 813ce47cee33964ff710d2c91063548773cb4cd5
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/trunk/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
index afe797b75de4..fd9bac5eb25e 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ static int dvb_frontend_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
 	dprintk ("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
-	if (!fe || fepriv->exit)
+	if (fepriv->exit)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if ((file->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY &&