diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c
index 9f64244089465..468cbeb539ff0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c
@@ -575,10 +575,8 @@ int dasd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 	else
 		argp = (void __user *)arg;
 
-	if ((_IOC_DIR(cmd) != _IOC_NONE) && !arg) {
-		PRINT_DEBUG("empty data ptr");
+	if ((_IOC_DIR(cmd) != _IOC_NONE) && !arg)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	base = dasd_device_from_gendisk(bdev->bd_disk);
 	if (!base)