diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 5c762fab40e9cc8e4574a62fab2d9651dd65abe6..82f3ee66888d2a09ebfe1a14a3bf7c229e5ad3d2 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -11993,12 +11993,6 @@ virDomainDefParseXML(xmlDocPtr xml,
     if (n && VIR_ALLOC_N(def->cputune.vcpupin, n) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-    if (n > def->maxvcpus) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                       "%s", _("vcpupin nodes must be less than maxvcpus"));
-        goto error;
-    }
-
     for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
         virDomainVcpuPinDefPtr vcpupin = NULL;
         vcpupin = virDomainVcpuPinDefParseXML(nodes[i], ctxt, def->maxvcpus, 0);