diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index e5922a682953..03433c88fb54 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3882,7 +3882,6 @@ static struct md_rdev *md_import_device(dev_t newdev, int super_format, int supe
 
 static int analyze_sbs(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
-	int i;
 	struct md_rdev *rdev, *freshest, *tmp;
 
 	freshest = NULL;
@@ -3909,11 +3908,9 @@ static int analyze_sbs(struct mddev *mddev)
 	super_types[mddev->major_version].
 		validate_super(mddev, NULL/*freshest*/, freshest);
 
-	i = 0;
 	rdev_for_each_safe(rdev, tmp, mddev) {
 		if (mddev->max_disks &&
-		    (rdev->desc_nr >= mddev->max_disks ||
-		     i > mddev->max_disks)) {
+		    rdev->desc_nr >= mddev->max_disks) {
 			pr_warn("md: %s: %pg: only %d devices permitted\n",
 				mdname(mddev), rdev->bdev,
 				mddev->max_disks);