diff --git a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
index 26200565d6ab..dbea55de4397 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
@@ -69,13 +69,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(syscon_regmap_lookup_by_compatible);
 
 static int syscon_match_pdevname(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
-	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-	const struct platform_device_id *id = platform_get_device_id(pdev);
-
-	if (id)
-		if (!strcmp(id->name, (const char *)data))
-			return 1;
-
 	return !strcmp(dev_name(dev), (const char *)data);
 }