diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-pci/pci-mt7621.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-pci/pci-mt7621.c
index df2d522abac4..ba1f117a47ce 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-pci/pci-mt7621.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-pci/pci-mt7621.c
@@ -387,15 +387,8 @@ static int mt7621_pcie_parse_dt(struct mt7621_pcie *pcie)
 	struct device *dev = pcie->dev;
 	struct device_node *node = dev->of_node;
 	struct resource regs;
-	const char *type;
 	int err;
 
-	type = of_get_property(node, "device_type", NULL);
-	if (!type || strcmp(type, "pci") != 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "invalid \"device_type\" %s\n", type);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	err = of_address_to_resource(node, 0, &regs);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "missing \"reg\" property\n");