diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
index 6f90a65301492fc723ee0b698fd42d432ac3a94a..889e25c4932352cfcd25ab165d5a59592416e92f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ int ubi_io_read(const struct ubi_device *ubi, void *buf, int pnum, int offset,
 			return UBI_IO_BITFLIPS;
 		}
 
-		if (read != len && retries++ < UBI_IO_RETRIES) {
+		if (retries++ < UBI_IO_RETRIES) {
 			dbg_io("error %d%s while reading %d bytes from PEB %d:%d,"
 			       " read only %zd bytes, retry",
 			       err, errstr, len, pnum, offset, read);