diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 9b186fd6bf47..c19d015ac5a5 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2103,12 +2103,6 @@ static void choose_service_tree(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_group *cfqg)
 	unsigned group_slice;
 	enum wl_prio_t original_prio = cfqd->serving_prio;
 
-	if (!cfqg) {
-		cfqd->serving_prio = IDLE_WORKLOAD;
-		cfqd->workload_expires = jiffies + 1;
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* Choose next priority. RT > BE > IDLE */
 	if (cfq_group_busy_queues_wl(RT_WORKLOAD, cfqd, cfqg))
 		cfqd->serving_prio = RT_WORKLOAD;