1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/event.c b/drivers/acpi/event.c
index 8247fcdde079..fdef416c0ff6 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/event.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/event.c
@@ -127,11 +127,6 @@ int acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(const char *device_class,
         }
 
         event = nla_data(attr);
-        if (!event) {
-                nlmsg_free(skb);
-                return -EINVAL;
-        }
-
         memset(event, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_genl_event));
 
         strcpy(event->device_class, device_class);