diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 67b79a7592a9d94c92d0e737d82638fdc5e7f74d..36eedfdeb547aacb1c580b896366faa73201bd9c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1004,10 +1004,6 @@ int device_move(struct device *dev, struct device *new_parent)
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(dev)) {
-		error = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
 	new_parent = get_device(new_parent);
 	if (!new_parent) {
 		error = -EINVAL;