diff --git a/drivers/parisc/sba_iommu.c b/drivers/parisc/sba_iommu.c
index ed50502cc65a..de8e4e347249 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/sba_iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/sba_iommu.c
@@ -678,14 +678,6 @@ static int sba_dma_supported( struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 		return(0);
 	}
 
-	/* Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt tells drivers to try 64-bit
-	 * first, then fall back to 32-bit if that fails.
-	 * We are just "encouraging" 32-bit DMA masks here since we can
-	 * never allow IOMMU bypass unless we add special support for ZX1.
-	 */
-	if (mask > ~0U)
-		return 0;
-
 	ioc = GET_IOC(dev);
 	if (!ioc)
 		return 0;