1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 45e255d4916f..1442761ac98e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4300,9 +4300,6 @@ static int hot_remove_disk(mddev_t * mddev, dev_t dev)
         char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
         mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
 
-        if (!mddev->pers)
-                return -ENODEV;
-
         rdev = find_rdev(mddev, dev);
         if (!rdev)
                 return -ENXIO;