diff --git a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
index 9052553eda65eca4253cddd9414209809e0cd242..973c895bd7afdcaecabf95814ed41a16a0c436ae 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
@@ -517,8 +517,6 @@ static void nvme_dif_remap(struct request *req,
 		return;
 
 	pmap = kmap_atomic(bip->bip_vec->bv_page) + bip->bip_vec->bv_offset;
-	if (!pmap)
-		return;
 
 	p = pmap;
 	virt = bip_get_seed(bip);