diff --git a/drivers/dca/dca-core.c b/drivers/dca/dca-core.c
index b98c67664ae72b7638bdf06365fd0789eb76245e..c461eda6241159ac52ee279bf681778d2f6a7390 100644
--- a/drivers/dca/dca-core.c
+++ b/drivers/dca/dca-core.c
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ static void unregister_dca_providers(void)
 
 	/* at this point only one domain in the list is expected */
 	domain = list_first_entry(&dca_domains, struct dca_domain, node);
-	if (!domain)
-		return;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dca, _dca, &domain->dca_providers, node) {
 		list_del(&dca->node);