1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 3d8e4ffa0a33..ce5a21861074 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1714,9 +1714,6 @@ nfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
 	dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: mknod(%s/%lu), %pd\n",
 			dir->i_sb->s_id, dir->i_ino, dentry);
 
-	if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	attr.ia_mode = mode;
 	attr.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE;