diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 230cb888eb71..0a1b2f64bbee 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -774,12 +774,6 @@ static int soc_resume(struct device *dev)
 	struct snd_soc_card *card = socdev->card;
 	struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = card->dai_link[0].cpu_dai;
 
-	/* If the initialization of this soc device failed, there is no codec
-	 * associated with it. Just bail out in this case.
-	 */
-	if (!card->codec)
-		return 0;
-
 	/* AC97 devices might have other drivers hanging off them so
 	 * need to resume immediately.  Other drivers don't have that
 	 * problem and may take a substantial amount of time to resume