diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 375c57922b007749ec7b3022b8cc3eaa4cab1122..c722de0ef2eebf3bcfdcf05bbb6c0f97808e2cb2 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
 		case BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION:
 			if (!disk->part[part-1])
 				return -ENXIO;
-			if (disk->part[part - 1]->nr_sects == 0)
-				return -ENXIO;
 			bdevp = bdget_disk(disk, part);
 			if (!bdevp)
 				return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index ecc3330972e5a2de1ca8e397e3a9a0d90aec2ce8..68f3e41ae66f02e36894fcc8442afd90d52b4808 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -325,8 +325,6 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part)
 
 	if (!p)
 		return;
-	if (!p->nr_sects)
-		return;
 	disk->part[part-1] = NULL;
 	p->start_sect = 0;
 	p->nr_sects = 0;