1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
index 92e12df0917f..328313c3dccb 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
@@ -429,11 +429,6 @@ static int __init mtdoops_init(void)
         mtd_index = simple_strtoul(mtddev, &endp, 0);
         if (*endp == '\0')
                 cxt->mtd_index = mtd_index;
-        if (cxt->mtd_index > MAX_MTD_DEVICES) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR "mtdoops: invalid mtd device number (%u) given\n",
-                                mtd_index);
-                return -EINVAL;
-        }
 
         cxt->oops_buf = vmalloc(record_size);
         if (!cxt->oops_buf) {