diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 37dd6b05b1b5bfe2b794123f3fac1eb5260e91ea..c9a1a491aa9124b4cad5941e477f7ac3ae5de8b1 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ nilfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	err = nilfs_transaction_begin(dir->i_sb, &ti, 1);
 	if (err)
 		return err;