diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 29d68748c749..e0809a034dbf 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a4d935bd97b9ccf40aa0ec59646612df8ed46640
+refs/heads/master: f70cb33b9c270f4f1a7f28327e7d35dbf1a6fc40
diff --git a/trunk/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c b/trunk/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
index c0d35c620526..37a34c2c622a 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static struct connection *assoc2con(int assoc_id)
 
 	for (i = 0 ; i < CONN_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
 		hlist_for_each_entry(con, h, &connection_hash[i], list) {
-			if (con && con->sctp_assoc == assoc_id) {
+			if (con->sctp_assoc == assoc_id) {
 				mutex_unlock(&connections_lock);
 				return con;
 			}