diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c b/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
index 9748165e08e96..a6aeab1ea0ae7 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
@@ -444,8 +444,6 @@ static int ccwgroup_remove(struct device *dev)
 	struct ccwgroup_device *gdev = to_ccwgroupdev(dev);
 	struct ccwgroup_driver *gdrv = to_ccwgroupdrv(dev->driver);
 
-	if (!dev->driver)
-		return 0;
 	if (gdrv->remove)
 		gdrv->remove(gdev);