diff --git a/net/rds/rdma.c b/net/rds/rdma.c
index f7d8c08bd6b2d..6b09b941d3a77 100644
--- a/net/rds/rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/rdma.c
@@ -473,14 +473,6 @@ static struct rds_rdma_op *rds_rdma_prepare(struct rds_sock *rs,
 
 		max_pages = max(nr, max_pages);
 		nr_pages += nr;
-
-		/*
-		 * nr_pages for one entry is limited to (UINT_MAX>>PAGE_SHIFT)+1,
-		 * so tot_pages cannot overflow without first going negative.
-		 */
-		if ((int)nr_pages < 0)
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto out;
 	}
 
 	pages = kcalloc(max_pages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);