diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 160a5489a93936372c85683ee8cfd6da5185007b..6e6bff3752446036990fb4a5d0eca4cdaad3fac5 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -664,7 +664,6 @@ static inline int dio_new_bio(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
 		goto out;
 	sector = start_sector << (sdio->blkbits - 9);
 	nr_pages = min(sdio->pages_in_io, bio_get_nr_vecs(map_bh->b_bdev));
-	nr_pages = min(nr_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
 	BUG_ON(nr_pages <= 0);
 	dio_bio_alloc(dio, sdio, map_bh->b_bdev, sector, nr_pages);
 	sdio->boundary = 0;