1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index 8e6c78ac70f8..15499522e642 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -1889,11 +1889,6 @@ int ata_sff_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *classes,
 
         DPRINTK("ENTER\n");
 
-        if (ata_link_offline(link)) {
-                classes[0] = ATA_DEV_NONE;
-                goto out;
-        }
-
         /* determine if device 0/1 are present */
         if (ata_devchk(ap, 0))
                 devmask |= (1 << 0);
@@ -1919,7 +1914,6 @@ int ata_sff_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *classes,
                 classes[1] = ata_sff_dev_classify(&link->device[1],
                                                   devmask & (1 << 1), &err);
 
- out:
         DPRINTK("EXIT, classes[0]=%u [1]=%u\n", classes[0], classes[1]);
         return 0;
 }