diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 7bb12deab70c465bb2a701548bdc044cd8bcb11f..07278580875167442f10996a2b2d8df95a04c79b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -209,9 +209,6 @@ void ata_scsi_set_sense(struct ata_device *dev, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
 {
 	bool d_sense = (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_D_SENSE);
 
-	if (!cmd)
-		return;
-
 	scsi_build_sense(cmd, d_sense, sk, asc, ascq);
 }
 
@@ -221,9 +218,6 @@ void ata_scsi_set_sense_information(struct ata_device *dev,
 {
 	u64 information;
 
-	if (!cmd)
-		return;
-
 	information = ata_tf_read_block(tf, dev);
 	if (information == U64_MAX)
 		return;