diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 6e9ff2d9a5bf5cf7db104e1e952a12c3e823834d..d682ef3b2da260d06468229046c3e0b233a1ec17 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -6447,9 +6447,6 @@ nfs4_proc_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *request)
 	ctx = nfs_file_open_context(filp);
 	state = ctx->state;
 
-	if (request->fl_start < 0 || request->fl_end < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (IS_GETLK(cmd)) {
 		if (state != NULL)
 			return nfs4_proc_getlk(state, F_GETLK, request);