2 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 375c57922b00..c722de0ef2ee 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
                 case BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION:
                         if (!disk->part[part-1])
                                 return -ENXIO;
-                        if (disk->part[part - 1]->nr_sects == 0)
-                                return -ENXIO;
                         bdevp = bdget_disk(disk, part);
                         if (!bdevp)
                                 return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index ecc3330972e5..68f3e41ae66f 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -325,8 +325,6 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part)
 
         if (!p)
                 return;
-        if (!p->nr_sects)
-                return;
         disk->part[part-1] = NULL;
         p->start_sect = 0;
         p->nr_sects = 0;