diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
index 7ceb5fa4f2a1..4baa4ce825ab 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ static int nsio_rw_bytes(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns,
 		 * work around this collision.
 		 */
 		if (IS_ALIGNED(offset, 512) && IS_ALIGNED(size, 512)
-				&& !(flags & NVDIMM_IO_ATOMIC)
-				&& !ndns->claim) {
+				&& !(flags & NVDIMM_IO_ATOMIC)) {
 			long cleared;
 
 			cleared = nvdimm_clear_poison(&ndns->dev,