diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c
index 59e1cae5794814e387618c66f77ba7cfe715968e..46302854317367e7649a7929cde2f10a2e882dc9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c
@@ -285,8 +285,6 @@ static int hga_card_detect(void)
 	hga_vram_len  = 0x08000;
 
 	hga_vram = ioremap(0xb0000, hga_vram_len);
-	if (!hga_vram)
-		goto error;
 
 	if (request_region(0x3b0, 12, "hgafb"))
 		release_io_ports = 1;