1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
index fe7c0e211f9a..57adbc90fdad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
@@ -900,8 +900,6 @@ static int mcp23s08_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
                         if (spi_present_mask & (1 << addr))
                                 chips++;
                 }
-                if (!chips)
-                        return -ENODEV;
         } else {
                 type = spi_get_device_id(spi)->driver_data;
                 pdata = dev_get_platdata(&spi->dev);
@@ -940,10 +938,6 @@ static int mcp23s08_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
                 if (!(spi_present_mask & (1 << addr)))
                         continue;
                 chips--;
-                if (chips < 0) {
-                        dev_err(&spi->dev, "FATAL: invalid negative chip id\n");
-                        goto fail;
-                }
                 data->mcp[addr] = &data->chip[chips];
                 status = mcp23s08_probe_one(data->mcp[addr], &spi->dev, spi,
                                             0x40 | (addr << 1), type, base,