diff --git a/sound/core/rawmidi.c b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
index 7b596b5751dbcea07a075685017cef6c7e0cb364..b600dc2a9a40da010a7dad751a1256ac0ea67439 100644
--- a/sound/core/rawmidi.c
+++ b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ static long snd_rawmidi_kernel_write1(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream,
 	long count1, result;
 	struct snd_rawmidi_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 
-	if (snd_BUG_ON(!kernelbuf && !userbuf))
+	if (!kernelbuf && !userbuf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (snd_BUG_ON(!runtime->buffer))
 		return -EINVAL;