diff --git a/sys/dev/mxge/if_mxge.c b/sys/dev/mxge/if_mxge.c
index 47793232d8d5..f36f41d53b40 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mxge/if_mxge.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mxge/if_mxge.c
@@ -4615,10 +4615,6 @@ mxge_attach(device_t dev)
 	TASK_INIT(&sc->watchdog_task, 1, mxge_watchdog_task, sc);
 	sc->tq = taskqueue_create("mxge_taskq", M_WAITOK,
 				  taskqueue_thread_enqueue, &sc->tq);
-	if (sc->tq == NULL) {
-		err = ENOMEM;
-		goto abort_with_nothing;
-	}
 
 	err = bus_dma_tag_create(bus_get_dma_tag(dev),	/* parent */
 				 1,			/* alignment */
@@ -4815,7 +4811,6 @@ abort_with_tq:
 		taskqueue_free(sc->tq);
 		sc->tq = NULL;
 	}
-abort_with_nothing:
 	return err;
 }