diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
index 0347a37eb438..85e3b612bdc0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ acpi_extract_package(union acpi_object *package,
 
 		union acpi_object *element = &(package->package.elements[i]);
 
-		if (!element) {
-			return AE_BAD_DATA;
-		}
-
 		switch (element->type) {
 
 		case ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER: