diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c
index 5fa178f3f4977..b4d3b04694bff 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_spdif.c
@@ -1305,10 +1305,6 @@ static int fsl_spdif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	spdif_priv->pdev = pdev;
 
 	spdif_priv->soc = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
-	if (!spdif_priv->soc) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get soc data\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
 
 	/* Initialize this copy of the CPU DAI driver structure */
 	memcpy(&spdif_priv->cpu_dai_drv, &fsl_spdif_dai, sizeof(fsl_spdif_dai));