diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 0704c523a76b98e41413599aa2707e0f16eeb25a..b3d937211a488f404bee33a3ac5eca46793830b1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -2905,17 +2905,11 @@ struct kobject *dm_kobject(struct mapped_device *md)
 	return &md->kobj;
 }
 
-/*
- * struct mapped_device should not be exported outside of dm.c
- * so use this check to verify that kobj is part of md structure
- */
 struct mapped_device *dm_get_from_kobject(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	struct mapped_device *md;
 
 	md = container_of(kobj, struct mapped_device, kobj);
-	if (&md->kobj != kobj)
-		return NULL;
 
 	if (test_bit(DMF_FREEING, &md->flags) ||
 	    dm_deleting_md(md))