diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_cmp.c b/net/netfilter/nft_cmp.c
index 2e53739812b1712af2f60762ed5c8a029facd5a0..e25b35d70e4dc8a1f63de86f112f37760c132227 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_cmp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_cmp.c
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ static int nft_cmp_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	if (desc.len > U8_MAX)
-		return -ERANGE;
-
 	priv->op  = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_CMP_OP]));
 	priv->len = desc.len;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c b/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c
index d17018ff54e6e67accc7f60e22f3cbfea6adfa94..4528adea7ede873652c8ab7b5f9184e0d135ede9 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ static int nft_immediate_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	if (desc.len > U8_MAX)
-		return -ERANGE;
-
 	priv->dlen = desc.len;
 
 	priv->dreg = nft_parse_register(tb[NFTA_IMMEDIATE_DREG]);