diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index 204f796ee9e32d36797079a595705c54f2c19c6f..08328a8f5a3cab75d1881e7bd922fa300b07187f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int stripe_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (((uint32_t)ti->len) & (chunk_size - 1)) {
+	if (ti->len & (chunk_size - 1)) {
 		ti->error = "dm-stripe: Target length not divisible by "
 		    "chunk size";
 		return -EINVAL;