diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 5cf288809226..30e798f062ef 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -2508,9 +2508,6 @@ static struct request *ublk_check_and_get_req(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	size_t buf_off;
 	u16 tag, q_id;
 
-	if (!ub)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
-
 	if (!user_backed_iter(iter))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
 
@@ -2536,9 +2533,6 @@ static struct request *ublk_check_and_get_req(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	if (!req)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	if (!req->mq_hctx || !req->mq_hctx->driver_data)
-		goto fail;
-
 	if (!ublk_check_ubuf_dir(req, dir))
 		goto fail;