diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 3c6427abdf3425f353d929168218b076b711b6da..1722998f4984973a4fdd6ba9b0aad39f61bf2ab7 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -4126,12 +4126,6 @@ static bool nl80211_valid_wpa_versions(u32 wpa_versions)
 				  NL80211_WPA_VERSION_2));
 }
 
-static bool nl80211_valid_akm_suite(u32 akm)
-{
-	return akm == WLAN_AKM_SUITE_8021X ||
-		akm == WLAN_AKM_SUITE_PSK;
-}
-
 static bool nl80211_valid_cipher_suite(u32 cipher)
 {
 	return cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_WEP40 ||
@@ -4295,7 +4289,7 @@ static int nl80211_crypto_settings(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 
 	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES]) {
 		void *data;
-		int len, i;
+		int len;
 
 		data = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES]);
 		len = nla_len(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES]);
@@ -4305,10 +4299,6 @@ static int nl80211_crypto_settings(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		memcpy(settings->akm_suites, data, len);
-
-		for (i = 0; i < settings->n_ciphers_pairwise; i++)
-			if (!nl80211_valid_akm_suite(settings->akm_suites[i]))
-				return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	return 0;