diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c
index 4eb1e1ce9aceccc9214657fa6081ba5327c021ca..27e661fa356f26a0c4c54583d29bede921924e59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c
@@ -257,11 +257,6 @@ static void brcmf_fweh_event_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		brcmf_dbg_hex_dump(BRCMF_EVENT_ON(), event->data,
 				   min_t(u32, emsg.datalen, 64),
 				   "event payload, len=%d\n", emsg.datalen);
-		if (emsg.datalen > event->datalen) {
-			brcmf_err("event invalid length header=%d, msg=%d\n",
-				  event->datalen, emsg.datalen);
-			goto event_free;
-		}
 
 		/* special handling of interface event */
 		if (event->code == BRCMF_E_IF) {