diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/iovmm.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/iovmm.c
index 544772ede47..936aef1971c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/iovmm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/iovmm.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static int map_iovm_area(struct iommu *obj, struct iovm_struct *new,
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	u32 da = new->da_start;
 
-	if (!obj || !new || !sgt)
+	if (!obj || !sgt)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	BUG_ON(!sgtable_ok(sgt));