1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 6dbd21726770..d63cd562d9d5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -829,10 +829,6 @@ void __init unflatten_device_tree(void)
 
         /* Allocate memory for the expanded device tree */
         mem = lmb_alloc(size + 4, __alignof__(struct device_node));
-        if (!mem) {
-                DBG("Couldn't allocate memory with lmb_alloc()!\n");
-                panic("Couldn't allocate memory with lmb_alloc()!\n");
-        }
         mem = (unsigned long) __va(mem);
 
         ((u32 *)mem)[size / 4] = 0xdeadbeef;