diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
index ebf2339d4e..661e25212a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
@@ -750,8 +750,6 @@ mlx4_dev_infos_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *info)
 	char ifname[IF_NAMESIZE];
 
 	info->pci_dev = RTE_ETH_DEV_TO_PCI(dev);
-	if (priv == NULL)
-		return;
 	/* FIXME: we should ask the device for these values. */
 	info->min_rx_bufsize = 32;
 	info->max_rx_pktlen = 65536;