diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index 674c1436491f5e5e6df3a2334ee7f995775f7634..3b82d8ef76f0ffc81e6bb62e9d3ea19d1be57195 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -2735,10 +2735,6 @@ unsigned int ata_bmdma_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 {
 	struct ata_port *ap = qc->ap;
 
-	/* see ata_dma_blacklisted() */
-	BUG_ON((ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_PIO_POLLING) &&
-	       qc->tf.protocol == ATAPI_PROT_DMA);
-
 	/* defer PIO handling to sff_qc_issue */
 	if (!ata_is_dma(qc->tf.protocol))
 		return ata_sff_qc_issue(qc);