diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
index 66602c48995643dcff921e6f10bba8cd203d3c5c..3da540faf6735c2c3ccb6a81ae2ffb4443aedd3c 100644
--- a/block/bsg.c
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@ bsg_map_hdr(struct request_queue *q, struct sg_io_v4 *hdr, fmode_t mode)
 	} else if (hdr->din_xfer_len) {
 		ret = blk_rq_map_user(q, rq, NULL, uptr64(hdr->din_xferp),
 				hdr->din_xfer_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	} else {
-		ret = blk_rq_map_user(q, rq, NULL, NULL, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	}
 
 	if (ret)