1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index 0de6432ee026..739ba3f222e8 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -1273,12 +1273,6 @@ static int ahci_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,
 
         DPRINTK("ENTER\n");
 
-        if (ata_link_offline(link)) {
-                DPRINTK("PHY reports no device\n");
-                *class = ATA_DEV_NONE;
-                return 0;
-        }
-
         /* prepare for SRST (AHCI-1.1 10.4.1) */
         rc = ahci_kick_engine(ap, 1);
         if (rc && rc != -EOPNOTSUPP)