diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index 9669fc7c19df7fe05b922daf25e0392677433e26..74f4c662f776ecf546d4c61a7de4190a61870b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -1436,13 +1436,6 @@ static int ahci_init_msi(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int n_ports,
 				"ahci: MRSM is on, fallback to single MSI\n");
 			pci_free_irq_vectors(pdev);
 		}
-
-		/*
-		 * -ENOSPC indicated we don't have enough vectors.  Don't bother
-		 * trying a single vectors for any other error:
-		 */
-		if (nvec < 0 && nvec != -ENOSPC)
-			return nvec;
 	}
 
 	/*