diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
index 131b08d60b78b4fad452949fb0129abb98855400..66c7bd26b3ca8987808fefb54251b749b845e40e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
@@ -814,11 +814,6 @@ static int tegra_nvec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (!res) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no mem resource?\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(base))
 		return PTR_ERR(base);