diff --git a/package/broadcom-wl/Makefile b/package/broadcom-wl/Makefile
index 0439f1f72f..a2bd679d16 100644
--- a/package/broadcom-wl/Makefile
+++ b/package/broadcom-wl/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2011 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2012 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=broadcom-wl
 PKG_VERSION:=5.10.56.27.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)_$(ARCH).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources
diff --git a/package/broadcom-wl/src/glue/wl_glue.c b/package/broadcom-wl/src/glue/wl_glue.c
index 638a65321a..0504232a96 100644
--- a/package/broadcom-wl/src/glue/wl_glue.c
+++ b/package/broadcom-wl/src/glue/wl_glue.c
@@ -235,12 +235,6 @@ struct device * wl_glue_get_dmadev(void *dev)
 {
 	struct device *dma_dev;
 
-	if (!wl_glue_attached)
-	{
-		BUG();
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	switch (active_bus_type)
 	{
 #ifdef CONFIG_SSB