diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c
index d36ea8dc96eb..b2644af985ec 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c
@@ -171,10 +171,6 @@ static int kirkwood_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv.dev = &pdev->dev;
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (!res) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot get memory resource\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
 	priv.base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(priv.base))
 		return PTR_ERR(priv.base);