diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-altera.c b/drivers/spi/spi-altera.c
index 595b62cb545d..5d7deaf62867 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-altera.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-altera.c
@@ -220,8 +220,6 @@ static int altera_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	/* setup the state for the bitbang driver */
 	hw->bitbang.master = master;
-	if (!hw->bitbang.master)
-		return err;
 	hw->bitbang.chipselect = altera_spi_chipsel;
 	hw->bitbang.txrx_bufs = altera_spi_txrx;