diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
index d46022f72075..0584d17f33ba 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -535,23 +535,13 @@ void arch_unregister_cpu(int cpu)
 {
 	acpi_handle acpi_handle = acpi_get_processor_handle(cpu);
 	struct cpu *c = &per_cpu(cpu_devices, cpu);
-	acpi_status status;
 	unsigned long long sta;
-
-	if (!acpi_handle) {
-		pr_err_once("Removing a CPU without associated ACPI handle\n");
-		return;
-	}
+	acpi_status status;
 
 	status = acpi_evaluate_integer(acpi_handle, "_STA", NULL, &sta);
-	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
-		return;
-
-	/* For now do not allow anything that looks like physical CPU HP */
-	if (cpu_present(cpu) && !(sta & ACPI_STA_DEVICE_PRESENT)) {
+	if (!ACPI_FAILURE(status) &&
+	    cpu_present(cpu) && !(sta & ACPI_STA_DEVICE_PRESENT))
 		pr_err_once("Changing CPU present bit is not supported\n");
-		return;
-	}
 
 	unregister_cpu(c);
 }