1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_bf54x.c b/drivers/ata/pata_bf54x.c
index d98bd7455e6b..0a5ad98635b1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_bf54x.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_bf54x.c
@@ -1103,11 +1103,6 @@ static int bfin_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *classes,
         unsigned int devmask = 0, err_mask;
         u8 err;
 
-        if (ata_link_offline(link)) {
-                classes[0] = ATA_DEV_NONE;
-                goto out;
-        }
-
         /* determine if device 0/1 are present */
         if (bfin_devchk(ap, 0))
                 devmask |= (1 << 0);
@@ -1132,7 +1127,6 @@ static int bfin_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *classes,
                 classes[1] = ata_sff_dev_classify(&ap->link.device[1],
                                         devmask & (1 << 1), &err);
 
- out:
         return 0;
 }