diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
index 09119418402fe0d386b26a89fdb5bd103eec60c4..12185aadb349cbf236573ccd0028b37ba384d964 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
@@ -449,9 +449,8 @@ filelayout_check_layout(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
 
 	fl->dsaddr = dsaddr;
 
-	if (fl->first_stripe_index < 0 ||
-	    fl->first_stripe_index >= dsaddr->stripe_count) {
-		dprintk("%s Bad first_stripe_index %d\n",
+	if (fl->first_stripe_index >= dsaddr->stripe_count) {
+		dprintk("%s Bad first_stripe_index %u\n",
 				__func__, fl->first_stripe_index);
 		goto out_put;
 	}
@@ -552,7 +551,7 @@ filelayout_decode_layout(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *flo,
 
 	/* Note that a zero value for num_fh is legal for STRIPE_SPARSE.
 	 * Futher checking is done in filelayout_check_layout */
-	if (fl->num_fh < 0 || fl->num_fh >
+	if (fl->num_fh >
 	    max(NFS4_PNFS_MAX_STRIPE_CNT, NFS4_PNFS_MAX_MULTI_CNT))
 		goto out_err;