diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
index 9d015db652808fcb54fc0abfff19e9018dbad488..84d142bdb7a2c9376691b5906e87568036fea44d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
@@ -1193,9 +1193,6 @@ static int rc_dev_uevent(struct device *device, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct rc_dev *dev = to_rc_dev(device);
 
-	if (!dev || !dev->input_dev)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	if (dev->rc_map.name)
 		ADD_HOTPLUG_VAR("NAME=%s", dev->rc_map.name);
 	if (dev->driver_name)