diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 6a6f7d969198327d5d001eeed8877c6bf5dc8ade..9270a714ccebd88b68efbc34c314fbe4ede46d99 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -8263,8 +8263,7 @@ static int raid5_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	 * find the disk ... but prefer rdev->saved_raid_disk
 	 * if possible.
 	 */
-	if (rdev->saved_raid_disk >= 0 &&
-	    rdev->saved_raid_disk >= first &&
+	if (rdev->saved_raid_disk >= first &&
 	    rdev->saved_raid_disk <= last &&
 	    conf->disks[rdev->saved_raid_disk].rdev == NULL)
 		first = rdev->saved_raid_disk;