diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
index e53cb27f4118..39086398833e 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
@@ -273,9 +273,6 @@ static int omap_rtc_alarm_irq_enable(struct device *dev, unsigned int enabled)
 /* this hardware doesn't support "don't care" alarm fields */
 static int tm2bcd(struct rtc_time *tm)
 {
-	if (rtc_valid_tm(tm) != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	tm->tm_sec = bin2bcd(tm->tm_sec);
 	tm->tm_min = bin2bcd(tm->tm_min);
 	tm->tm_hour = bin2bcd(tm->tm_hour);