--- linux/drivers/md/dm.c	Wed Nov 21 15:16:01 2001
+++ linux-dm/drivers/md/dm.c	Wed Nov 21 14:41:20 2001
@@ -583,9 +587,6 @@
 			       MAJOR(md->dev), MINOR(md->dev),
 			       S_IFBLK | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP,
 			       &dm_blk_dops, NULL);
-
-	if (!md->devfs_entry)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return 0;
 }
