diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_acpi.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_acpi.c
index 3303dd8d8eb5..705f1a390e31 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_acpi.c
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ int arm_pmu_acpi_probe(armpmu_init_fn init_fn)
 	int pmu_idx = 0;
 	int cpu, ret;
 
-	if (acpi_disabled)
-		return 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * Initialise and register the set of PMUs which we know about right
 	 * now. Ideally we'd do this in arm_pmu_acpi_cpu_starting() so that we