diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbconvert.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbconvert.c
index 8dbab6932..2b84ac093 100755
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbconvert.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbconvert.c
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ acpi_status acpi_db_convert_to_package(char *string, union acpi_object *object)
 	elements =
 	    ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED(DB_DEFAULT_PKG_ELEMENTS *
 				 sizeof(union acpi_object));
-	if (!elements)
-		return (AE_NO_MEMORY);
 
 	this = string;
 	for (i = 0; i < (DB_DEFAULT_PKG_ELEMENTS - 1); i++) {