diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c
index 49b09c697c7c..be2a60e142b0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c
@@ -718,16 +718,6 @@ int ipath_init_chip(struct ipath_devdata *dd, int reinit)
 	if (ret)
 		goto done;
 
-	/*
-	 * we ignore most issues after reporting them, but have to specially
-	 * handle hardware-disabled chips.
-	 */
-	if (ret == 2) {
-		/* unique error, known to ipath_init_one */
-		ret = -EPERM;
-		goto done;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * We could bump this to allow for full rcvegrcnt + rcvtidcnt,
 	 * but then it no longer nicely fits power of two, and since