diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index 3bd805f7ce85bffacbd07ffd7c4c65a15a4f901e..46bba3de378cd542cc08a6982a660247019b1249 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
@@ -752,15 +752,8 @@ static blk_status_t dm_mq_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 
 	if (unlikely(!ti)) {
 		int srcu_idx;
-		struct dm_table *map;
+		struct dm_table *map = dm_get_live_table(md, &srcu_idx);
 
-		map = dm_get_live_table(md, &srcu_idx);
-		if (!map) {
-			DMERR_LIMIT("%s: mapping table unavailable, erroring io",
-				    dm_device_name(md));
-			dm_put_live_table(md, srcu_idx);
-			return BLK_STS_IOERR;
-		}
 		ti = dm_table_find_target(map, 0);
 		dm_put_live_table(md, srcu_idx);
 	}