diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 54723d6578c4..f6c0c83aa027 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cc83f833c77c1d233e3843af18c1abf8d561d1fa
+refs/heads/master: 69a6b9b1b6aec645d2efa23db2c15ed287e672dd
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c b/trunk/drivers/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
index e66135da63ce..a33a849765c6 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
@@ -183,10 +183,8 @@ static void ipoctal_irq_tx(struct ipoctal_channel *channel)
 	unsigned char value;
 	unsigned int *pointer_write = &channel->pointer_write;
 
-	if (channel->nb_bytes <= 0) {
-		channel->nb_bytes = 0;
+	if (channel->nb_bytes == 0)
 		return;
-	}
 
 	value = channel->tty_port.xmit_buf[*pointer_write];
 	iowrite8(value, &channel->regs->w.thr);