diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/ptrace.c
index 98b8feb12ed899e6dba32d0532b981057d4f5a6e..98682bba0ed9c3aedf0bc86ee43ef68e20333fc4 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int ptrace_read_user(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long off,
 	struct user * dummy = NULL;
 #endif
 
-	if ((off & 3) || (off < 0) || (off > sizeof(struct user) - 3))
+	if ((off & 3) || off > sizeof(struct user) - 3)
 		return -EIO;
 
 	off >>= 2;
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ static int ptrace_write_user(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long off,
 	struct user * dummy = NULL;
 #endif
 
-	if ((off & 3) || off < 0 ||
-	    off > sizeof(struct user) - 3)
+	if ((off & 3) || off > sizeof(struct user) - 3)
 		return -EIO;
 
 	off >>= 2;
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/smpboot.c
index 2547d6c4a827c3096290a65de4a708fc0279fd20..655ea1c47a0f2efccb8d4f84c58d9c4284eb7138 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 		if (!physid_isset(phys_id, phys_cpu_present_map))
 			continue;
 
-		if ((max_cpus >= 0) && (max_cpus <= cpucount + 1))
+		if (max_cpus <= cpucount + 1)
 			continue;
 
 		do_boot_cpu(phys_id);