diff --git a/drivers/pnp/manager.c b/drivers/pnp/manager.c
index 1adc83fdabb69497780f09d2dfeaa415a5d76e90..7ea9e1e28003f110bc6e86145be9e7a6de9bf2bf 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/manager.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/manager.c
@@ -231,9 +231,6 @@ static int pnp_assign_resources(struct pnp_dev *dev, int depnum)
 	struct pnp_dma *dma;
 	int nport = 0, nmem = 0, nirq = 0, ndma = 0;
 
-	if (!pnp_can_configure(dev))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	dbg_pnp_show_resources(dev, "before pnp_assign_resources");
 	mutex_lock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 	pnp_clean_resource_table(dev);