diff --git a/arch/mips/sibyte/bcm1480/irq.c b/arch/mips/sibyte/bcm1480/irq.c
index ba59839a021ee688b37761e54b8cd966abc537e5..4070268aa769826c46bb3c5328f398a71abc0283 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sibyte/bcm1480/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sibyte/bcm1480/irq.c
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ static int bcm1480_set_affinity(unsigned int irq, const struct cpumask *mask)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int irq_dirty;
 
-	if (cpumask_weight(mask) != 1) {
-		printk("attempted to set irq affinity for irq %d to multiple CPUs\n", irq);
-		return -1;
-	}
 	i = cpumask_first(mask);
 
 	/* Convert logical CPU to physical CPU */