diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 48fba602750a..14660d636d1d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 993452541796f3637da9f2e537b9333494b3b2a1
+refs/heads/master: 6714a04114639350a7fed93edf8e1b995c5e8059
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 3ec2496f1e35..806e0a286634 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -313,10 +313,5 @@ int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 		annotate.sym_hist_filter = argv[0];
 	}
 
-	if (field_sep && *field_sep == '.') {
-		pr_err("'.' is the only non valid --field-separator argument\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	return __cmd_annotate(&annotate);
 }