diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
index 51c86bc241ac710fa0e0005ab33a3494f0ac609a..7d361da8ceb21ee00a2790cd80cc5c2f21b26eda 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ int ide_build_sglist(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = HWIF(drive);
 	struct scatterlist *sg = hwif->sg_table;
 
-	BUG_ON((rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) && rq->nr_sectors > 256);
-
 	ide_map_sg(drive, rq);
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(rq) == READ)