diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index a896a283f27fdd04d7e211c2c2d81b3924d8bd9f..1678043701df7b17502e306bcb9366130d959db1 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -540,8 +540,6 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_disk_special(ide_drive_t *drive)
 		ide_tf_set_restore_cmd(drive, &args.tf);
 	} else if (s->b.set_multmode) {
 		s->b.set_multmode = 0;
-		if (drive->mult_req > drive->id->max_multsect)
-			drive->mult_req = drive->id->max_multsect;
 		ide_tf_set_setmult_cmd(drive, &args.tf);
 	} else if (s->all) {
 		int special = s->all;