1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
index 4547a2092af9..9dc00f7fe10e 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
@@ -900,12 +900,6 @@ static void
 palinfo_smp_call(void *info)
 {
         palinfo_smp_data_t *data = (palinfo_smp_data_t *)info;
-        if (data == NULL) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR "palinfo: data pointer is NULL\n");
-                data->ret = 0; /* no output */
-                return;
-        }
-        /* does this actual call */
         data->ret = (*data->func)(data->page);
 }