diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c
index 6dfa82e03c7e..15191c1d999a 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ static int __devinit sdhci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spear_sdhci *sdhci;
 	int ret;
 
-	BUG_ON(pdev == NULL);
-
 	iomem = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	if (!iomem) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;