diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
index 3b3148c764a3..021e84eb88eb 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
@@ -192,11 +192,6 @@ ltq_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	struct clk *clk;
 
-	if (!res) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot obtain I/O memory region");
-		return -ENOENT;
-	}
-
 	ltq_wdt_membase = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(ltq_wdt_membase))
 		return PTR_ERR(ltq_wdt_membase);