1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index c67ef3e47ad5..6ed213bd702c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -1580,11 +1580,6 @@ static int try_init_acpi(int intf_num, struct smi_info **new_info)
         if (! is_new_interface(-1, addr_space, spmi->addr.address))
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        if (! spmi->addr.register_bit_width) {
-                acpi_failure = 1;
-                return -ENODEV;
-        }
-
         /* Figure out the interface type. */
         switch (spmi->InterfaceType)
         {
@@ -1634,9 +1629,6 @@ static int try_init_acpi(int intf_num, struct smi_info **new_info)
                 regspacings[intf_num] = spmi->addr.register_bit_width / 8;
                 info->io.regspacing = spmi->addr.register_bit_width / 8;
         } else {
-                /* Some broken systems get this wrong and set the value
-                 * to zero.  Assume it is the default spacing.  If that
-                 * is wrong, too bad, the vendor should fix the tables. */
                 regspacings[intf_num] = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
                 info->io.regspacing = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
         }