diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c
index 60adf919d78d..32417b5064fd 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ static int xenbus_uevent_backend(struct device *dev,
 
 	xdev = to_xenbus_device(dev);
 	bus = container_of(xdev->dev.bus, struct xen_bus_type, bus);
-	if (xdev == NULL)
-		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=xen-backend:%s", xdev->devicetype))
 		return -ENOMEM;