1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 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;