1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
index 20757fa6115d..27a110110077 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
@@ -663,12 +663,6 @@ static int sil24_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,
 
         DPRINTK("ENTER\n");
 
-        if (ata_link_offline(link)) {
-                DPRINTK("PHY reports no device\n");
-                *class = ATA_DEV_NONE;
-                goto out;
-        }
-
         /* put the port into known state */
         if (sil24_init_port(ap)) {
                 reason = "port not ready";
@@ -693,7 +687,6 @@ static int sil24_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,
         sil24_read_tf(ap, 0, &tf);
         *class = ata_dev_classify(&tf);
 
- out:
         DPRINTK("EXIT, class=%u\n", *class);
         return 0;