[S390] cio: Get rid of css_characteristics_avail.

Checking for the validity of the css_*_characteristics is
superfluous since they stay 0 for non-successful scsc.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/chp.c b/drivers/s390/cio/chp.c
index 0b3c3109f228..62df43b2124c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/chp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/chp.c
@@ -415,8 +415,7 @@ int chp_new(struct chp_id chpid)
                 goto out_free;
         }
         /* Get channel-measurement characteristics. */
-        if (css_characteristics_avail && css_chsc_characteristics.scmc
-            && css_chsc_characteristics.secm) {
+        if (css_chsc_characteristics.scmc && css_chsc_characteristics.secm) {
                 ret = chsc_get_channel_measurement_chars(chp);
                 if (ret)
                         goto out_free;