diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c
index 5bf279c679ef..96c2057d8d8e 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c
@@ -367,9 +367,6 @@ static int qe_sdma_init(void)
 	struct sdma __iomem *sdma = &qe_immr->sdma;
 	static s32 sdma_buf_offset = -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (!sdma)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	/* allocate 2 internal temporary buffers (512 bytes size each) for
 	 * the SDMA */
 	if (sdma_buf_offset < 0) {