diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
index b28452a55a08fc66b72bcc39bb7186286d108915..35295e74de0464fddbac9aaf293163c3495ecd69 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
@@ -651,7 +651,6 @@ static void dequeue_mad(struct ib_mad_list_head *mad_list)
 	struct ib_mad_queue *mad_queue;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	BUG_ON(!mad_list->mad_queue);
 	mad_queue = mad_list->mad_queue;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&mad_queue->lock, flags);
 	list_del(&mad_list->list);