diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
index 6d93e49c462f18dcf595c3a2bbc445b0fe45f167..e21eebd36afab27d884c857bd07b96414ca86f33 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
@@ -199,9 +199,6 @@ int regcache_read(struct regmap *map,
 
 	BUG_ON(!map->cache_ops);
 
-	if (!regmap_readable(map, reg))
-		return -EIO;
-
 	if (!regmap_volatile(map, reg))
 		return map->cache_ops->read(map, reg, value);