diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c b/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c
index 058cb9cd8547..0bdef38c9a30 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c
@@ -344,15 +344,11 @@ static int sdw_select_row_col(struct sdw_bus *bus, int clk_freq)
 static int sdw_compute_bus_params(struct sdw_bus *bus)
 {
 	unsigned int max_dr_freq, curr_dr_freq = 0;
-	struct sdw_master_prop *mstr_prop = NULL;
+	struct sdw_master_prop *mstr_prop = &bus->prop;
 	int i, clk_values, ret;
 	bool is_gear = false;
 	u32 *clk_buf;
 
-	mstr_prop = &bus->prop;
-	if (!mstr_prop)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (mstr_prop->num_clk_gears) {
 		clk_values = mstr_prop->num_clk_gears;
 		clk_buf = mstr_prop->clk_gears;