diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c
index 0ab64a1ce..0b757d9ba 100755
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c
@@ -204,9 +204,6 @@ static int powernv_flash_set_driver_info(struct device *dev,
 	 * get them
 	 */
 	mtd->name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%pOFP", dev->of_node);
-	if (!mtd->name)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	mtd->type = MTD_NORFLASH;
 	mtd->flags = MTD_WRITEABLE;
 	mtd->size = size;