1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
index 3544bc157406..05ac8cc975d5 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
                         } else {
                                 rval = -EIO;
                         }
-                } else if (addr >= 0 && addr < PT_SIZE && (addr & 0x3) == 0) {
+                } else if (addr < PT_SIZE && (addr & 0x3) == 0) {
                         microblaze_reg_t *reg_addr = reg_save_addr(addr, child);
                         if (request == PTRACE_PEEKUSR)
                                 val = *reg_addr;