diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
index a21722d5c9fa44736e99351625a2617f2060c293..d5cae7e906cf8643e2a4e2719e509358f0812029 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
@@ -811,8 +811,6 @@ static int do_replace(void __user *user, unsigned int len)
 		return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 
 	/* overflow check */
-	if (tmp.size >= INT_MAX / num_possible_cpus())
-		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (tmp.num_counters >= INT_MAX / sizeof(struct xt_counters))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
index 87d369244bd9433c431e38c782a5b2690d5efa92..64ffe57ef1b35f01bbf786dc0aa1b36068e18a5f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
@@ -1323,8 +1323,6 @@ do_replace(void __user *user, unsigned int len)
 		return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 
 	/* overflow check */
-	if (tmp.size >= INT_MAX / num_possible_cpus())
-		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (tmp.num_counters >= INT_MAX / sizeof(struct xt_counters))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
index e60c1b4b1ec8c6112d46583243d92abef1e54eb4..d3e884a5c6a895bbc5b168301e3f5004a5bc520c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
@@ -1042,8 +1042,6 @@ do_replace(void __user *user, unsigned int len)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/* overflow check */
-	if (tmp.size >= INT_MAX / num_possible_cpus())
-		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (tmp.num_counters >= INT_MAX / sizeof(struct xt_counters))
 		return -ENOMEM;