diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 49afda669393..323593440e40 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -264,9 +264,6 @@ static int wilc_wlan_get_firmware(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	netdev_info(dev, "loading firmware %s\n", firmware);
 
-	if (!(&vif->ndev->dev))
-		goto fail;
-
 	if (request_firmware(&wilc_firmware, firmware, wilc->dev) != 0) {
 		netdev_err(dev, "%s - firmware not available\n", firmware);
 		ret = -1;