diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
index e0c00a1b0763..51b0ecabf2ec 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
@@ -818,9 +818,6 @@ static int mvebu_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (!match)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	/* Assume that all UART ports have a DT alias or none has */
 	id = of_alias_get_id(pdev->dev.of_node, "serial");
 	if (!pdev->dev.of_node || id < 0)