diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 137a1fe124e8c09b2a8d5382840120c541d8d8f4..0e408bc6790439720c6c2f1f03152139e85eb635 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bio_alloc_mddev);
 struct bio *bio_clone_mddev(struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 			    struct mddev *mddev)
 {
-	if (!mddev || !mddev->bio_set)
-		return bio_clone(bio, gfp_mask);
-
 	return bio_clone_bioset(bio, gfp_mask, mddev->bio_set);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bio_clone_mddev);