diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
index 47a93c022d91..eb99ee4fa0f5 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
@@ -896,8 +896,7 @@ static int __devinit ds1307_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	return 0;
 
 exit_irq:
-	if (ds1307->rtc)
-		rtc_device_unregister(ds1307->rtc);
+	rtc_device_unregister(ds1307->rtc);
 exit_free:
 	kfree(ds1307);
 	return err;