diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index d98d047c778c..e352aa37330c 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -374,12 +374,6 @@ static struct inode *ntfs_read_mft(struct inode *inode,
 
 	t64 = le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.svcn);
 
-	/* offset to packed runs is out-of-bounds */
-	if (roff > asize) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	err = run_unpack_ex(run, sbi, ino, t64, le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.evcn),
 			    t64, Add2Ptr(attr, roff), asize - roff);
 	if (err < 0)