diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 47c8452f485fa6bcc03683754bb1432e8a082e2a..9cdbadc6860814476ad147283dc2ba2675539509 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -710,11 +710,6 @@ static loff_t memory_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 	switch (orig) {
 	case SEEK_CUR:
 		offset += file->f_pos;
-		if ((unsigned long long)offset <
-		    (unsigned long long)file->f_pos) {
-			ret = -EOVERFLOW;
-			break;
-		}
 	case SEEK_SET:
 		/* to avoid userland mistaking f_pos=-9 as -EBADF=-9 */
 		if ((unsigned long long)offset >= ~0xFFFULL) {