diff --git a/parasite-syscall.c b/parasite-syscall.c
index 7c34d0c5b..1e05091d7 100644
--- a/parasite-syscall.c
+++ b/parasite-syscall.c
@@ -246,8 +246,6 @@ static int parasite_execute_by_pid(unsigned long cmd, struct parasite_ctl *ctl,
 	if (args)
 		memcpy(args, ctl->addr_args, args_size);
 
-	BUG_ON(ret && !args);
-
 	if (ret)
 		pr_err("Parasite exited with %d\n", ret);