diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/elm.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/elm.c
index 4f683d24de5a..d1dd6a33a050 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/elm.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/elm.c
@@ -368,11 +368,6 @@ static int elm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (!res) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no memory resource defined\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	info->elm_base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(info->elm_base))
 		return PTR_ERR(info->elm_base);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/txx9ndfmc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/txx9ndfmc.c
index 440b5701cb8e..235714a421dd 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/txx9ndfmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/txx9ndfmc.c
@@ -281,12 +281,10 @@ static int __init txx9ndfmc_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	unsigned long gbusclk = plat->gbus_clock;
 	struct resource *res;
 
-	res = platform_get_resource(dev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (!res)
-		return -ENODEV;
 	drvdata = devm_kzalloc(&dev->dev, sizeof(*drvdata), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!drvdata)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	res = platform_get_resource(dev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	drvdata->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&dev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(drvdata->base))
 		return PTR_ERR(drvdata->base);