---
 fs/file.c | 15 ---------------
 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 4579c3296498..b6fb6d18ac3b 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -126,21 +126,6 @@ static struct fdtable * alloc_fdtable(unsigned int nr)
 	if (unlikely(nr > sysctl_nr_open))
 		nr = ((sysctl_nr_open - 1) | (BITS_PER_LONG - 1)) + 1;
 
-	/*
-	 * Check if the allocation size would exceed INT_MAX. kvmalloc_array()
-	 * and kvmalloc() will warn if the allocation size is greater than
-	 * INT_MAX, as filp_cachep objects are not __GFP_NOWARN.
-	 *
-	 * This can happen when sysctl_nr_open is set to a very high value and
-	 * a process tries to use a file descriptor near that limit. For example,
-	 * if sysctl_nr_open is set to 1073741816 (0x3ffffff8) - which is what
-	 * systemd typically sets it to - then trying to use a file descriptor
-	 * close to that value will require allocating a file descriptor table
-	 * that exceeds 8GB in size.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(nr > INT_MAX / sizeof(struct file *)))
-		return ERR_PTR(-EMFILE);
-
 	fdt = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fdtable), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!fdt)
 		goto out;