1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c b/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
index 797e89a6c4eb..60c9093bbeae 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
@@ -702,15 +702,8 @@ startup(struct async_struct *info)
                         handler = rs_interrupt_single;
 
                 retval = request_irq(state->irq, handler, IRQ_T(info), "simserial", NULL);
-                if (retval) {
-                        if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-                                if (info->tty)
-                                        set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR,
-                                                &info->tty->flags);
-                                retval = 0;
-                        }
+                if (retval)
                         goto errout;
-                }
         }
 
         /*