diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
index d753206f0734..56071b67bed5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -699,18 +699,12 @@ void acpi_os_derive_pci_id(acpi_handle rhandle,	/* upper bound  */
 static void acpi_os_execute_deferred(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct acpi_os_dpc *dpc = container_of(work, struct acpi_os_dpc, work);
-	if (!dpc) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Invalid (NULL) context\n");
-		return;
-	}
 
 	if (dpc->wait)
 		acpi_os_wait_events_complete(NULL);
 
 	dpc->function(dpc->context);
 	kfree(dpc);
-
-	return;
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -739,9 +733,6 @@ static acpi_status __acpi_os_execute(acpi_execute_type type,
 			  "Scheduling function [%p(%p)] for deferred execution.\n",
 			  function, context));
 
-	if (!function)
-		return AE_BAD_PARAMETER;
-
 	/*
 	 * Allocate/initialize DPC structure.  Note that this memory will be
 	 * freed by the callee.  The kernel handles the work_struct list  in a