1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 541d6626f9d9..369a0245aab6 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -1181,13 +1181,7 @@ long pipe_fcntl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
                 if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) && nr_pages > pipe_max_pages) {
                         ret = -EPERM;
                         goto out;
-                }
-
-                /*
-                 * The pipe needs to be at least 2 pages large to
-                 * guarantee POSIX behaviour.
-                 */
-                if (arg < 2) {
+                } else if (nr_pages < 1) {
                         ret = -EINVAL;
                         goto out;
                 }