diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index 7889ae492af020ee2ab546f19b9fe4b509b09d3a..1d38e53c2d5cea2c3917fe464cc6e2dd6e94719d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -352,8 +352,6 @@ void reload_ucode_amd(void)
 	u32 rev, dummy;
 
 	mc = (struct microcode_amd *)amd_ucode_patch;
-	if (!mc)
-		return;
 
 	rdmsr(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, rev, dummy);