diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fa9976d1c517..dcf01cb8122b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 471452104b8520337ae2fb48c4e61cd4896e025d
+refs/heads/master: faa7b7ddca14887ac037f585d2fac7ca6c57037e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c b/trunk/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c
index a4bec3f919aa..1c1ceb4f218f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ static int ladder_select_state(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
 	int last_residency, last_idx = ldev->last_state_idx;
 	int latency_req = pm_qos_requirement(PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY);
 
-	if (unlikely(!ldev))
-		return 0;
-
 	/* Special case when user has set very strict latency requirement */
 	if (unlikely(latency_req == 0)) {
 		ladder_do_selection(ldev, last_idx, 0);