diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c257db7d85f6..314249054696 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 972b9529ccfa604bd473c43589f5120066161edd
+refs/heads/master: 7a09876d2a68aab6c7a7d9df60eb0eb13467af11
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/NetVsc.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/NetVsc.c
index 9863ca252bd9..ddde39136b6e 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/NetVsc.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/NetVsc.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static struct netvsc_device *AllocNetDevice(struct hv_device *Device)
 
 static void FreeNetDevice(struct netvsc_device *Device)
 {
-	ASSERT(atomic_read(&Device->RefCount) == 0);
+	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&Device->RefCount) == 0);
 	Device->Device->Extension = NULL;
 	kfree(Device);
 }