diff --git a/sys/dev/bnxt/bnxt_en/bnxt_sysctl.c b/sys/dev/bnxt/bnxt_en/bnxt_sysctl.c
--- a/sys/dev/bnxt/bnxt_en/bnxt_sysctl.c
+++ b/sys/dev/bnxt/bnxt_en/bnxt_sysctl.c
@@ -1792,9 +1792,6 @@
 	int val;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (softc == NULL)
-		return EBUSY;
-
 	val = bnxt_dcb_getdcbx(softc);
 	rc = sysctl_handle_int(oidp, &val, 0, req);
 	if (rc || !req->newptr)
@@ -1944,9 +1941,6 @@
 	int rc, num_inputs = 0;
 	char *buf;
 
-	if (softc == NULL)
-		return EBUSY;
-
 #define BNXT_APP_TLV_STR_LEN	4096
 	buf = malloc(BNXT_APP_TLV_STR_LEN, M_DEVBUF, M_NOWAIT | M_ZERO);
 	if (!buf)
@@ -1972,9 +1966,6 @@
 	char buf[256] = {0};
 	int rc, num_inputs;
 
-	if (softc == NULL)
-		return EBUSY;
-
 	rc = sysctl_handle_string(oidp, buf, sizeof(buf), req);
 	if (rc || req->newptr == NULL)
 		return rc;
@@ -1999,9 +1990,6 @@
 	char buf[256] = {0};
 	int rc, num_inputs;
 
-	if (softc == NULL)
-		return EBUSY;
-
 	rc = sysctl_handle_string(oidp, buf, sizeof(buf), req);
 	if (rc || req->newptr == NULL)
 		return rc;
@@ -2029,9 +2017,6 @@
 	int pri_mask = 0;
 	char pri[8];
 
-	if (softc == NULL)
-		return EBUSY;
-
 	rc = bnxt_dcb_ieee_getpfc(softc, &pfc);
 	if (!rc)
 		bnxt_pfc_get_string(softc, buf, &pfc);
@@ -2087,9 +2072,6 @@
 	char buf[256] = {0};
 	char tsa[8];
 
-	if (softc == NULL)
-		return EBUSY;
-
 	rc = bnxt_dcb_ieee_getets(softc, &ets);
 	if (!rc)
 		bnxt_ets_get_string(softc, buf);