1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index 304fdc6f1dc2..2a4c516894f0 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -1315,11 +1315,6 @@ fsm_start:
                 break;
 
         case HSM_ST_ERR:
-                /* make sure qc->err_mask is available to
-                 * know what's wrong and recover
-                 */
-                WARN_ON(!(qc->err_mask & (AC_ERR_DEV | AC_ERR_HSM)));
-
                 ap->hsm_task_state = HSM_ST_IDLE;
 
                 /* complete taskfile transaction */