diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
index f2f9873bb5c363699b49459ebc2fcc9a00af0776..f12a72428aacc76eef7a24845fe847ff55919e94 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
@@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ acpi_extract_package(union acpi_object *package,
 		u8 **pointer = NULL;
 		union acpi_object *element = &(package->package.elements[i]);
 
-		if (!element) {
-			return AE_BAD_DATA;
-		}
-
 		switch (element->type) {
 
 		case ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER: