diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
index d0a71febdadce7e4abb8aafea33a4a2186c83d09..822e074c06007a77f5313ba5cc7465054d7d94ee 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
@@ -301,8 +301,6 @@ static int __init plic_init(struct device_node *node,
 	nr_contexts = of_irq_count(node);
 	if (WARN_ON(!nr_contexts))
 		goto out_iounmap;
-	if (WARN_ON(nr_contexts < num_possible_cpus()))
-		goto out_iounmap;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	priv->irqdomain = irq_domain_add_linear(node, nr_irqs + 1,