diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
index 5e7389faa2a0189472d71fedcba95ae8ecd1cf35..04d69b6503282c05fd398f7d1f2c30344c4af155 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
@@ -864,10 +864,6 @@ static int davinci_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, master);
 
 	dspi = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
-	if (dspi == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENOENT;
-		goto free_master;
-	}
 
 	if (dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev)) {
 		pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
@@ -908,10 +904,6 @@ static int davinci_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto free_master;
 
 	dspi->bitbang.master = master;
-	if (dspi->bitbang.master == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto free_master;
-	}
 
 	dspi->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(dspi->clk)) {