diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
index 8c3c057aa8478fb2a436edfd571843513544ca71..d0e9e0207539e2c9491fc6c1de25c75dda4bd9c6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -435,12 +435,6 @@ static int zram_make_request(struct request_queue *queue, struct bio *bio)
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct zram *zram = queue->queuedata;
 
-	if (unlikely(!zram->init_done)) {
-		set_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
-		bio_endio(bio, 0);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (!valid_io_request(zram, bio)) {
 		zram_stat64_inc(zram, &zram->stats.invalid_io);
 		bio_io_error(bio);