diff --git a/hw/sd/sd.c b/hw/sd/sd.c
index 2dd7a8217c..a5d2d929a8 100644
--- a/hw/sd/sd.c
+++ b/hw/sd/sd.c
@@ -774,19 +774,12 @@ static uint32_t sd_blk_len(SDState *sd)
  */
 static uint32_t sd_bootpart_offset(SDState *sd)
 {
-    bool partitions_enabled;
     unsigned partition_access;
 
     if (!sd->boot_part_size || !sd_is_emmc(sd)) {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    partitions_enabled = sd->ext_csd[EXT_CSD_PART_CONFIG]
-                                   & EXT_CSD_PART_CONFIG_EN_MASK;
-    if (!partitions_enabled) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     partition_access = sd->ext_csd[EXT_CSD_PART_CONFIG]
                                  & EXT_CSD_PART_CONFIG_ACC_MASK;
     switch (partition_access) {