diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 8de138d3306bdbe6f3164db323637ded5bf5b5b3..f8903c1e10109a734a99172f696c233ad37867cf 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -571,8 +571,7 @@ static int vlan_ioctl_handler(struct net *net, void __user *arg)
 		err = -EPERM;
 		if (!ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 			break;
-		if ((args.u.name_type >= 0) &&
-		    (args.u.name_type < VLAN_NAME_TYPE_HIGHEST)) {
+		if (args.u.name_type < VLAN_NAME_TYPE_HIGHEST) {
 			struct vlan_net *vn;
 
 			vn = net_generic(net, vlan_net_id);