diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
index 9acf515f6a67..97d707b4f384 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
@@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ static int dwc3_gadget_start(struct usb_gadget *g,
 {
 	struct dwc3		*dwc = gadget_to_dwc(g);
 	unsigned long		flags;
-	int			ret = 0;
+	int			ret;
 	int			irq;
 
 	irq = dwc->irq_gadget;
@@ -2420,29 +2420,14 @@ static int dwc3_gadget_start(struct usb_gadget *g,
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dwc->dev, "failed to request irq #%d --> %d\n",
 				irq, ret);
-		goto err0;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dwc->lock, flags);
-	if (dwc->gadget_driver) {
-		dev_err(dwc->dev, "%s is already bound to %s\n",
-				dwc->gadget->name,
-				dwc->gadget_driver->driver.name);
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto err1;
-	}
-
 	dwc->gadget_driver	= driver;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dwc->lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;
-
-err1:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dwc->lock, flags);
-	free_irq(irq, dwc);
-
-err0:
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __dwc3_gadget_stop(struct dwc3 *dwc)