diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
index 934bfe2c8a90ccd27b90d4203c10b45c33a18f97..8e8e18023ded4b59f454d9a0aa8dc45bee74262b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
@@ -1884,11 +1884,7 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static int pxa2xx_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct driver_data *drv_data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-	struct ssp_device *ssp;
-
-	if (!drv_data)
-		return 0;
-	ssp = drv_data->ssp;
+	struct ssp_device *ssp = drv_data->ssp;
 
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);