1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index e13f5256fd20..6a2f75fb3f45 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -390,9 +390,6 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_setsockopt(int fd, int level, int optname,
         int err;
         struct socket *sock;
 
-        if (optlen < 0)
-                return -EINVAL;
-
         if ((sock = sockfd_lookup(fd, &err))!=NULL)
         {
                 err = security_socket_setsockopt(sock,level,optname);