diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index 50430f79f8cf8190541e47495d625cae0cd7a765..1c6d328165bb066bd132b44c1fe4d4cbbbc0a096 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -524,9 +524,6 @@ static int get_filter(void __user *arg, struct sock_filter **p)
 	if (copy_from_user(&uprog, arg, sizeof(uprog)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (uprog.len > BPF_MAXINSNS)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (!uprog.len) {
 		*p = NULL;
 		return 0;
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 2841bfce29d6a5d52433d0812362eb994f1f2765..3a10e0bc90e8a51ae4542ee4258f60f0d4509c64 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ int sk_chk_filter(struct sock_filter *filter, int flen)
 	struct sock_filter *ftest;
 	int pc;
 
-	if (((unsigned int)flen >= (~0U / sizeof(struct sock_filter))) || flen == 0)
+	if (flen == 0 || flen > BPF_MAXINSNS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* check the filter code now */
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ int sk_attach_filter(struct sock_fprog *fprog, struct sock *sk)
 	int err;
 
 	/* Make sure new filter is there and in the right amounts. */
-        if (fprog->filter == NULL || fprog->len > BPF_MAXINSNS)
+        if (fprog->filter == NULL)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
 	fp = sock_kmalloc(sk, fsize+sizeof(*fp), GFP_KERNEL);