diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
index 73c971e39b1c723f5e712dd85eb491a85ced2ac4..b619a8024ec9c68dac9fd59d7e514a672c3eda0c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
@@ -294,17 +294,11 @@ static int rcar_du_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int rcar_du_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	struct rcar_du_device *rcdu;
 	struct drm_device *ddev;
 	struct resource *mem;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (np == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no device tree node\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	/* Allocate and initialize the DRM and R-Car device structures. */
 	rcdu = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*rcdu), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rcdu == NULL)