diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
index 707ccdd03b19..d70cdea756d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
@@ -8097,8 +8097,6 @@ static int niu_pci_vpd_scan_props(struct niu *np, u32 start, u32 end)
 		start += 3;
 
 		prop_len = niu_pci_eeprom_read(np, start + 4);
-		if (prop_len < 0)
-			return prop_len;
 		err = niu_pci_vpd_get_propname(np, start + 5, namebuf, 64);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
@@ -8143,12 +8141,8 @@ static int niu_pci_vpd_scan_props(struct niu *np, u32 start, u32 end)
 			netif_printk(np, probe, KERN_DEBUG, np->dev,
 				     "VPD_SCAN: Reading in property [%s] len[%d]\n",
 				     namebuf, prop_len);
-			for (i = 0; i < prop_len; i++) {
-				err = niu_pci_eeprom_read(np, off + i);
-				if (err >= 0)
-					*prop_buf = err;
-				++prop_buf;
-			}
+			for (i = 0; i < prop_len; i++)
+				*prop_buf++ = niu_pci_eeprom_read(np, off + i);
 		}
 
 		start += len;