diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
index 59c4c48d8296..1018860c83c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
@@ -217,9 +217,6 @@ static int davinci_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (WARN_ON(ARCH_NR_GPIOS < ngpio))
-		ngpio = ARCH_NR_GPIOS;
-
 	/*
 	 * If there are unbanked interrupts then the number of
 	 * interrupts is equal to number of gpios else all are banked so