diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
index 9f0682534e2f..3faf5f944ccc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
@@ -234,11 +234,6 @@ static int davinci_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (!res) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Invalid memory resource\n");
-		return -EBUSY;
-	}
-
 	gpio_base = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(gpio_base))
 		return PTR_ERR(gpio_base);