1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c
index c1831f572585..f2a076a2b2f1 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ qeth_dev_portno_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const c
                 return -EPERM;
 
         portno = simple_strtoul(buf, &tmp, 16);
-        if ((portno < 0) || (portno > MAX_PORTNO)){
+        if (portno > MAX_PORTNO){
                 PRINT_WARN("portno 0x%X is out of range\n", portno);
                 return -EINVAL;
         }