diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
index 8d23f68737d9723d6edf51c1a8038496de36f739..f8ad92b4dcd2e0212f43e633558f8a208145ae5b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
@@ -289,8 +289,7 @@ static int nsio_rw_bytes(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns,
 		 * work around this collision.
 		 */
 		if (IS_ALIGNED(offset, 512) && IS_ALIGNED(size, 512)
-				&& !(flags & NVDIMM_IO_ATOMIC)
-				&& !ndns->claim) {
+				&& !(flags & NVDIMM_IO_ATOMIC)) {
 			long cleared;
 
 			cleared = nvdimm_clear_poison(&ndns->dev,