diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
index 4ff20f9dc212c62785b320d6791f1d6d2dc259e6..b13d1399b81a356a63bb11c613420dbf2fcccdad 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
@@ -371,8 +371,7 @@ ds1511_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 			events |= RTC_UF;
 		else
 			events |= RTC_AF;
-		if (likely(pdata->rtc))
-			rtc_update_irq(pdata->rtc, 1, events);
+		rtc_update_irq(pdata->rtc, 1, events);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&pdata->lock);
 	return events ? IRQ_HANDLED : IRQ_NONE;
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
index 9ac2fa07dffa1ee3105e83716ea1b5c3e0632eeb..ab56893aac73aa58ec0d475d26c6da7f01d4c514 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ds1553_rtc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 			events |= RTC_UF;
 		else
 			events |= RTC_AF;
-		if (likely(pdata->rtc))
-			rtc_update_irq(pdata->rtc, 1, events);
+		rtc_update_irq(pdata->rtc, 1, events);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&pdata->lock);
 	return events ? IRQ_HANDLED : IRQ_NONE;
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
index a176ba6146837bd7c21ba901ce249e988d85abc2..35ed49ea1f81890c2ffc204e435410ffb5a176eb 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ static irqreturn_t stk17ta8_rtc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 			events |= RTC_UF;
 		else
 			events |= RTC_AF;
-		if (likely(pdata->rtc))
-			rtc_update_irq(pdata->rtc, 1, events);
+		rtc_update_irq(pdata->rtc, 1, events);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&pdata->lock);
 	return events ? IRQ_HANDLED : IRQ_NONE;
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-tx4939.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-tx4939.c
index 4f87234e0dee0a6f8daf84e7fd94c6b9d517bfee..2e678c681b1304cb15459d011846fa79ab596d94 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-tx4939.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-tx4939.c
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ static irqreturn_t tx4939_rtc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		tx4939_rtc_cmd(rtcreg, TX4939_RTCCTL_COMMAND_NOP);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&pdata->lock);
-	if (likely(pdata->rtc))
-		rtc_update_irq(pdata->rtc, 1, events);
+	rtc_update_irq(pdata->rtc, 1, events);
+
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }