diff --git a/sound/soc/atmel/atmel-classd.c b/sound/soc/atmel/atmel-classd.c
index 6107de9c538b..6d9b8b44e2da 100644
--- a/sound/soc/atmel/atmel-classd.c
+++ b/sound/soc/atmel/atmel-classd.c
@@ -593,11 +593,6 @@ static int atmel_classd_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (!res) {
-		dev_err(dev, "no memory resource\n");
-		return -ENXIO;
-	}
-
 	io_base = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(io_base)) {
 		ret =  PTR_ERR(io_base);