diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
index 1991a4408cf9e10896bd5295ba4b3b4b1d74856b..d79500bc1ce5535c3de960219395e0d759eb9442 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
@@ -540,9 +540,6 @@ void intel_teardown_gmbus(struct drm_device *dev)
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	int i;
 
-	if (dev_priv->gmbus == NULL)
-		return;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < GMBUS_NUM_PORTS; i++) {
 		struct intel_gmbus *bus = &dev_priv->gmbus[i];
 		i2c_del_adapter(&bus->adapter);