diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index 2999f3dd5889..d836b4d347e6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -4053,7 +4053,7 @@ void __init setup_ioapic_dest(void)
 
 static struct resource *ioapic_resources;
 
-static struct resource * __init ioapic_setup_resources(void)
+static struct resource * __init ioapic_setup_resources(int nr_ioapics)
 {
 	unsigned long n;
 	struct resource *res;
@@ -4069,15 +4069,13 @@ static struct resource * __init ioapic_setup_resources(void)
 	mem = alloc_bootmem(n);
 	res = (void *)mem;
 
-	if (mem != NULL) {
-		mem += sizeof(struct resource) * nr_ioapics;
+	mem += sizeof(struct resource) * nr_ioapics;
 
-		for (i = 0; i < nr_ioapics; i++) {
-			res[i].name = mem;
-			res[i].flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
-			sprintf(mem,  "IOAPIC %u", i);
-			mem += IOAPIC_RESOURCE_NAME_SIZE;
-		}
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_ioapics; i++) {
+		res[i].name = mem;
+		res[i].flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+		sprintf(mem,  "IOAPIC %u", i);
+		mem += IOAPIC_RESOURCE_NAME_SIZE;
 	}
 
 	ioapic_resources = res;
@@ -4091,7 +4089,7 @@ void __init ioapic_init_mappings(void)
 	struct resource *ioapic_res;
 	int i;
 
-	ioapic_res = ioapic_setup_resources();
+	ioapic_res = ioapic_setup_resources(nr_ioapics);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_ioapics; i++) {
 		if (smp_found_config) {
 			ioapic_phys = mp_ioapics[i].apicaddr;
@@ -4120,11 +4118,9 @@ void __init ioapic_init_mappings(void)
 			    __fix_to_virt(idx), ioapic_phys);
 		idx++;
 
-		if (ioapic_res != NULL) {
-			ioapic_res->start = ioapic_phys;
-			ioapic_res->end = ioapic_phys + (4 * 1024) - 1;
-			ioapic_res++;
-		}
+		ioapic_res->start = ioapic_phys;
+		ioapic_res->end = ioapic_phys + (4 * 1024) - 1;
+		ioapic_res++;
 	}
 }