diff --git a/compiler/dex/quick/mips/call_mips.cc b/compiler/dex/quick/mips/call_mips.cc
index ed73ef0..3bb81bf 100644
--- a/compiler/dex/quick/mips/call_mips.cc
+++ b/compiler/dex/quick/mips/call_mips.cc
@@ -222,19 +222,13 @@
   StoreValue(rl_dest, rl_result);
 }
 
-/*
- * Mark garbage collection card. Skip if the value we're storing is null.
- */
-void MipsMir2Lir::MarkGCCard(RegStorage val_reg, RegStorage tgt_addr_reg) {
+void MipsMir2Lir::UnconditionallyMarkGCCard(RegStorage tgt_addr_reg) {
   RegStorage reg_card_base = AllocTemp();
   RegStorage reg_card_no = AllocTemp();
-  LIR* branch_over = OpCmpImmBranch(kCondEq, val_reg, 0, NULL);
   // NOTE: native pointer.
   LoadWordDisp(rs_rMIPS_SELF, Thread::CardTableOffset<4>().Int32Value(), reg_card_base);
   OpRegRegImm(kOpLsr, reg_card_no, tgt_addr_reg, gc::accounting::CardTable::kCardShift);
   StoreBaseIndexed(reg_card_base, reg_card_no, reg_card_base, 0, kUnsignedByte);
-  LIR* target = NewLIR0(kPseudoTargetLabel);
-  branch_over->target = target;
   FreeTemp(reg_card_base);
   FreeTemp(reg_card_no);
 }