diff --git a/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-ac97.c b/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-ac97.c
index f4c2417a8730bcf0ae99c37fe1bfcc76a685cb51..8987bf987e584f6ba7a53b93516056dfbf5bc9b5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-ac97.c
+++ b/sound/soc/nuc900/nuc900-ac97.c
@@ -333,9 +333,6 @@ static int nuc900_ac97_drvprobe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	spin_lock_init(&nuc900_audio->lock);
 
 	nuc900_audio->res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (!nuc900_audio->res)
-		return ret;
-
 	nuc900_audio->mmio = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev,
 						   nuc900_audio->res);
 	if (IS_ERR(nuc900_audio->mmio))