diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c
index 3ac053b88495..e04411701ec8 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c
@@ -1512,11 +1512,6 @@ static int imsttfb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	info->fix.smem_start = addr;
 	info->screen_base = (__u8 *)ioremap(addr, par->ramdac == IBM ?
 					    0x400000 : 0x800000);
-	if (!info->screen_base) {
-		release_mem_region(addr, size);
-		framebuffer_release(info);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 	info->fix.mmio_start = addr + 0x800000;
 	par->dc_regs = ioremap(addr + 0x800000, 0x1000);
 	par->cmap_regs_phys = addr + 0x840000;