diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index a428aa080a365e219857cd0b465aab5e67a4887b..99fff6be36419edf1d54914c33c1aea1529c05b4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -1636,11 +1636,6 @@ void usb_disconnect(struct usb_device **pdev)
 	int			i;
 	struct usb_hcd		*hcd = bus_to_hcd(udev->bus);
 
-	if (!udev) {
-		pr_debug ("%s nodev\n", __func__);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* mark the device as inactive, so any further urb submissions for
 	 * this device (and any of its children) will fail immediately.
 	 * this quiesces everything except pending urbs.