diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index 2f685ee1f9c87dc6cee3b1c333e7d62ad36de806..97e06a04c0d4e177be1fc2c3b40e44ffe0a98370 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -1004,10 +1004,6 @@ struct xt_table_info *xt_alloc_table_info(unsigned int size)
 	if (sz < sizeof(*info))
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* Pedantry: prevent them from hitting BUG() in vmalloc.c --RR */
-	if ((size >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 2 > totalram_pages)
-		return NULL;
-
 	/* __GFP_NORETRY is not fully supported by kvmalloc but it should
 	 * work reasonably well if sz is too large and bail out rather
 	 * than shoot all processes down before realizing there is nothing