diff --git a/net/iucv/iucv.c b/net/iucv/iucv.c
index d764f4c1b7e4eac68962e3bb95b37df2d57ece97..a65e69eaea2fb9e9bb287b1ec133d6aaa6cb268b 100644
--- a/net/iucv/iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/iucv.c
@@ -795,7 +795,6 @@ int iucv_path_connect(struct iucv_path *path, struct iucv_handler *handler,
 	union iucv_param *parm;
 	int rc;
 
-	BUG_ON(in_atomic());
 	spin_lock_bh(&iucv_table_lock);
 	iucv_cleanup_queue();
 	parm = iucv_param[smp_processor_id()];