diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index cc62da27866383c8d34cc1c8a8364ed8ebbf9526..e47c5ce6cd58951254c79e3aef98e986b66bce6d 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -776,8 +776,6 @@ struct device_node *of_get_next_cpu_node(struct device_node *prev)
 		if (!(of_node_name_eq(next, "cpu") ||
 		      (next->type && !of_node_cmp(next->type, "cpu"))))
 			continue;
-		if (!__of_device_is_available(next))
-			continue;
 		if (of_node_get(next))
 			break;
 	}