diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ebs-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-ebs-target.c
index 1e52bde48b91..5d67c6c19d4b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ebs-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ebs-target.c
@@ -265,8 +265,7 @@ static int ebs_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 
 	r = -EINVAL;
 	if (sscanf(argv[1], "%llu%c", &tmp, &dummy) != 1 ||
-	    tmp != (sector_t)tmp ||
-	    (sector_t)tmp >= ti->len) {
+	    tmp != (sector_t)tmp) {
 		ti->error = "Invalid device offset sector";
 		goto bad;
 	}