diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/go7007/go7007-v4l2.c b/drivers/staging/media/go7007/go7007-v4l2.c
index 980371b0274966b45b71a38621f4452e8bf0cf72..a78133b67de2049f80190d3a2672c6fadbcaa68a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/go7007/go7007-v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/go7007/go7007-v4l2.c
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ static int vidioc_qbuf(struct file *file, void *priv, struct v4l2_buffer *buf)
 		return retval;
 
 	mutex_lock(&gofh->lock);
-	if (buf->index < 0 || buf->index >= gofh->buf_count)
+	if (buf->index >= gofh->buf_count)
 		goto unlock_and_return;
 
 	gobuf = &gofh->bufs[buf->index];