diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c
index 0c4805c..141fc94 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c
@@ -363,11 +363,6 @@ static int __devinit spear_rtc_probe(struct
platform_device *pdev)
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no resource defined\n");
                return -EBUSY;
        }
-       if (!devm_request_mem_region(&pdev->dev, res->start, resource_size(res),
-                               pdev->name)) {
-               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "rtc region already claimed\n");
-               return -EBUSY;
-       }

        config = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*config), GFP_KERNEL);