diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/core.c b/sound/soc/sof/core.c
index 04b0cf3c822f..2d12e8bab769 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/core.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ int snd_sof_device_probe(struct device *dev, struct snd_sof_pdata *plat_data)
 	if (!sof_ops(sdev) || !sof_ops(sdev)->probe || !sof_ops(sdev)->run ||
 	    !sof_ops(sdev)->block_read || !sof_ops(sdev)->block_write ||
 	    !sof_ops(sdev)->send_msg || !sof_ops(sdev)->load_firmware ||
-	    !sof_ops(sdev)->ipc_msg_data || !sof_ops(sdev)->fw_ready) {
+	    !sof_ops(sdev)->ipc_msg_data) {
 		dev_err(dev, "error: missing mandatory ops\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}