diff --git a/drivers/block/acsi_slm.c b/drivers/block/acsi_slm.c
index a5c1c8e871ec38aacc9abcbbe15a211ab3269b85..4cb9c13362874cedbed44c24a2982046d1e74e4c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/acsi_slm.c
+++ b/drivers/block/acsi_slm.c
@@ -369,8 +369,6 @@ static ssize_t slm_read( struct file *file, char *buf, size_t count,
 	int length;
 	int end;
 
-	if (count < 0)
-		return( -EINVAL );
 	if (!(page = __get_free_page( GFP_KERNEL )))
 		return( -ENOMEM );