diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
index 30e97bcc4f88..d134710de96d 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -964,8 +964,6 @@ void __init __weak early_init_dt_add_memory_arch(u64 base, u64 size)
 int __init __weak early_init_dt_reserve_memory_arch(phys_addr_t base,
 					phys_addr_t size, bool nomap)
 {
-	if (memblock_is_region_reserved(base, size))
-		return -EBUSY;
 	if (nomap)
 		return memblock_remove(base, size);
 	return memblock_reserve(base, size);