diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index b0cc8117eebe..69329e3954ea 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -273,9 +273,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_copy_from_iter);
 void arch_wb_cache_pmem(void *addr, size_t size);
 void dax_flush(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *addr, size_t size)
 {
-	if (unlikely(!dax_alive(dax_dev)))
-		return;
-
 	if (unlikely(!test_bit(DAXDEV_WRITE_CACHE, &dax_dev->flags)))
 		return;