diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index cf8a6bd062fa9dc4eccdf3ecc464d83b2a8a6366..8e9689abbc0c7594fb6aa6cb7fb7735018165162 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int expkey_parse(struct cache_detail *cd, char *mesg, int mlen)
 	struct svc_expkey key;
 	struct svc_expkey *ek = NULL;
 
-	if (mlen < 1 || mesg[mlen-1] != '\n')
+	if (mesg[mlen - 1] != '\n')
 		return -EINVAL;
 	mesg[mlen-1] = 0;
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
index 01153ead1dbaf3d982e4d57bfacccce674b507a4..6ab35736d88fa1e5179583a18830b8f2c45c96c4 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static int unix_gid_parse(struct cache_detail *cd,
 	time_t expiry;
 	struct unix_gid ug, *ugp;
 
-	if (mlen <= 0 || mesg[mlen-1] != '\n')
+	if (mesg[mlen - 1] != '\n')
 		return -EINVAL;
 	mesg[mlen-1] = 0;