diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index da258e7..05763bb 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -307,8 +307,6 @@
 	struct bio *bio;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_vecs);
-	if (bio == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
 	bio->bi_sector = first_sector;