diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index aa48ea4e7f58..040354ee16d1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -250,11 +250,6 @@ static int submit_lookup_cmds(struct msm_gem_submit *submit,
 
 		sz = array_size(submit_cmd.nr_relocs,
 				sizeof(struct drm_msm_gem_submit_reloc));
-		/* check for overflow: */
-		if (sz == SIZE_MAX) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
 		submit->cmd[i].relocs = kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
 		if (!submit->cmd[i].relocs) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;