1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index de3027521bfa..4072449ad1cd 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -217,10 +217,6 @@ static void __init dmi_save_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
         }
 }
 
-static struct dmi_device empty_oem_string_dev = {
-        .name = dmi_empty_string,
-};
-
 static void __init dmi_save_oem_strings_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
 {
         int i, count = *(u8 *)(dm + 1);
@@ -229,10 +225,8 @@ static void __init dmi_save_oem_strings_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
         for (i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
                 char *devname = dmi_string(dm, i);
 
-                if (!strcmp(devname, dmi_empty_string)) {
-                        list_add(&empty_oem_string_dev.list, &dmi_devices);
+                if (devname == dmi_empty_string)
                         continue;
-                }
 
                 dev = dmi_alloc(sizeof(*dev));
                 if (!dev) {