1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/starfire.c b/drivers/net/starfire.c
index 26c363462856..c3bf288aaf25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/starfire.c
+++ b/drivers/net/starfire.c
@@ -2078,11 +2078,7 @@ static int __init starfire_init (void)
         printk(KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ": polling (NAPI) enabled\n");
 #endif
 
-        /* we can do this test only at run-time... sigh */
-        if (sizeof(dma_addr_t) != sizeof(netdrv_addr_t)) {
-                printk("This driver has dma_addr_t issues, please send email to maintainer\n");
-                return -ENODEV;
-        }
+        BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(dma_addr_t) != sizeof(netdrv_addr_t));
 
         return pci_register_driver(&starfire_driver);
 }