diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpio/Makefile b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpio/Makefile
index 53ba84d7b884f4f55ae1b249110c7d3806fb124f..b9ff24c765825f74aaa6a03e7401345c2a264760 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpio/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpio/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # QorIQ DPAA2 DPIO driver
 #
 
-subdir-ccflags-y := -Werror
-
 obj-$(CONFIG_FSL_MC_DPIO) += fsl-mc-dpio.o
 
 fsl-mc-dpio-objs := dpio.o qbman-portal.o dpio-service.o dpio-driver.o