diff --git a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/rsparser.c b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/rsparser.c
index 5e38cd7335f7..c89c98a2cca8 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/rsparser.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/rsparser.c
@@ -448,11 +448,7 @@ pnpbios_parse_resource_option_data(unsigned char * p, unsigned char * end, struc
 			break;
 
 		case SMALL_TAG_END:
-			if (option_independent != option)
-				printk(KERN_WARNING "PnPBIOS: Missing SMALL_TAG_ENDDEP tag\n");
-			p = p + 2;
-        		return (unsigned char *)p;
-			break;
+        		return p + 2;
 
 		default: /* an unkown tag */
 			len_err: