1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c b/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
index ddabb61c85ba..4fb6c4b31b79 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static int open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
         unsigned long flags;
 
         line = tty->index;
-        if ((line < 0) || (line >= synclinkmp_device_count)) {
+        if (line >= synclinkmp_device_count) {
                 printk("%s(%d): open with invalid line #%d.\n",
                         __FILE__,__LINE__,line);
                 return -ENODEV;