--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.6.19.2/net/ipv4/tcp_probe.c	2007-01-10 19:10:37.000000000 +0000
+++ davinci-8020-5504/linux-2.6.19.2/net/ipv4/tcp_probe.c	2007-01-11 07:38:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@
 	init_waitqueue_head(&tcpw.wait);
 	spin_lock_init(&tcpw.lock);
 	tcpw.fifo = kfifo_alloc(bufsize, GFP_KERNEL, &tcpw.lock);
-	if (IS_ERR(tcpw.fifo))
-		return PTR_ERR(tcpw.fifo);
 
 	if (!proc_net_fops_create(procname, S_IRUSR, &tcpprobe_fops))
 		goto err0;