diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_mmap.c b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_mmap.c
index 21f1068b080414e5ba0206cfa7f2439ac1c933a8..77ffc431280855adee1604668ab84ebd9bb07a76 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_mmap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_mmap.c
@@ -233,8 +233,7 @@ static int b53_mmap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (pdata)
-		dev->pdata = pdata;
+	dev->pdata = pdata;
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);