1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 286d2c7be52c..1455a0d4eedd 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -595,9 +595,6 @@ static size_t log_prefix(const char *p, unsigned int *level, char *special)
                 /* multi digit including the level and facility number */
                 char *endp = NULL;
 
-                if (p[1] < '0' || p[1] > '9')
-                        return 0;
-
                 lev = (simple_strtoul(&p[1], &endp, 10) & 7);
                 if (endp == NULL || endp[0] != '>')
                         return 0;