1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 5c27c66c224a..1dd9267c165b 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -787,9 +787,6 @@ static int ubifs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	dbg_gen("dent '%pd' in dir ino %lu", dentry, dir->i_ino);
 
-	if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (S_ISBLK(mode) || S_ISCHR(mode)) {
 		dev = kmalloc(sizeof(union ubifs_dev_desc), GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!dev)