diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a10d408611b2..7bc076e08adc 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 234bb3c60f1f1489630750aba4adf40154e0bd70
+refs/heads/master: a6c8ef9526f149ce884b36841cc2e17ca890f1a4
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
index 763e028a5cc5..ee5261a36886 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
@@ -1257,9 +1257,7 @@ static void __devexit vt6656_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	}
 
 	device_release_WPADEV(device);
-
-	if (device->firmware)
-		release_firmware(device->firmware);
+	release_firmware(device->firmware);
 
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
 	usb_put_dev(interface_to_usbdev(intf));