diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index c27b428b9a5b27dd27a20c2aa08dc8ee97fc2c16..bae49bba1cc3cb15079beb25a196e3d617505801 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -3034,8 +3034,7 @@ int drbd_adm_add_minor(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (retcode != NO_ERROR)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* FIXME drop minor_count parameter, limit to MINORMASK */
-	if (dh->minor >= minor_count) {
+	if (dh->minor > MINORMASK) {
 		drbd_msg_put_info("requested minor out of range");
 		retcode = ERR_INVALID_REQUEST;
 		goto out;