diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utresrc.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utresrc.c
index e0587c85bafdf73a299c40d531eefa27deab4761..ff096d9755b925d9f72105f42993ebcc7c0522e1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utresrc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utresrc.c
@@ -474,15 +474,6 @@ acpi_ut_walk_aml_resources(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 				return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_NO_RESOURCE_END_TAG);
 			}
 
-			/*
-			 * The end_tag opcode must be followed by a zero byte.
-			 * Although this byte is technically defined to be a checksum,
-			 * in practice, all ASL compilers set this byte to zero.
-			 */
-			if (*(aml + 1) != 0) {
-				return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_NO_RESOURCE_END_TAG);
-			}
-
 			/* Return the pointer to the end_tag if requested */
 
 			if (!user_function) {