diff --git a/src/seq/seq_hw.c b/src/seq/seq_hw.c
index 22296b98..af667032 100644
--- a/src/seq/seq_hw.c
+++ b/src/seq/seq_hw.c
@@ -517,12 +517,7 @@ int snd_seq_hw_open(snd_seq_t **handle, const char *name, int streams, int mode)
 		run_mode.big_endian = 0;
 #endif
 		run_mode.cpu_mode = sizeof(long);
-		if (ioctl(fd, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_RUNNING_MODE, &run_mode) < 0) {
-			int err = errno;
-			SYSERR("Invalid OS running mode");
-			snd_seq_close(seq);
-			return -err;
-		}
+		ioctl(fd, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_RUNNING_MODE, &run_mode);
 	}
 #endif