diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 548cdbf7cca16..e0cb1bcfffb29 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -2011,9 +2011,6 @@ bool acpi_ec_dispatch_gpe(void)
 	if (acpi_any_gpe_status_set(first_ec->gpe))
 		return true;
 
-	if (ec_no_wakeup)
-		return false;
-
 	/*
 	 * Dispatch the EC GPE in-band, but do not report wakeup in any case
 	 * to allow the caller to process events properly after that.