diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
index 2e5e7a41d8ef..9bec22e3e9e8 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ static struct net_device *get_dpdev(const struct datapath *dp)
 	struct vport *local;
 
 	local = ovs_vport_ovsl(dp, OVSP_LOCAL);
-	BUG_ON(!local);
 	return local->dev;
 }