diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 3153e7684053..6f501d552e6e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -1489,19 +1489,8 @@ static int ec_install_handlers(struct acpi_ec *ec, struct acpi_device *device)
 							    &acpi_ec_space_handler,
 							    NULL, ec);
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-			if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND) {
-				/*
-				 * Maybe OS fails in evaluating the _REG
-				 * object. The AE_NOT_FOUND error will be
-				 * ignored and OS * continue to initialize
-				 * EC.
-				 */
-				pr_err("Fail in evaluating the _REG object"
-					" of EC device. Broken bios is suspected.\n");
-			} else {
-				acpi_ec_stop(ec, false);
-				return -ENODEV;
-			}
+			acpi_ec_stop(ec, false);
+			return -ENODEV;
 		}
 		set_bit(EC_FLAGS_EC_HANDLER_INSTALLED, &ec->flags);
 	}