diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
index 3a408399f9ab..7c0383657ad0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
@@ -1571,15 +1571,6 @@ static int init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	/* First, lock the non-writable module parameters */
 	HFI1_CAP_LOCK();
 
-	/* Validate dev ids */
-	if (!(ent->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL0 ||
-	      ent->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL1)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failing on unknown Intel deviceid 0x%x\n",
-			ent->device);
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto bail;
-	}
-
 	/* Allocate the dd so we can get to work */
 	dd = hfi1_alloc_devdata(pdev, NUM_IB_PORTS *
 				sizeof(struct hfi1_pportdata));