diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 4d57e9c0bf20..872bc53f32ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ static inline void warn_if_node_offline(int this_node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 static inline
 struct folio *__folio_alloc_node_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order, int nid)
 {
-	VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES);
 	warn_if_node_offline(nid, gfp);
 
 	return __folio_alloc_noprof(gfp, order, nid, NULL);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 7ae536bb75f4..f93a6bb9a872 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5426,7 +5426,6 @@ struct page *alloc_pages_node_noprof(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order
 	if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
 		nid = numa_mem_id();
 
-	VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES);
 	warn_if_node_offline(nid, gfp_mask);
 
 	return __alloc_pages_noprof(gfp_mask, order, nid, NULL, ALLOC_DEFAULT);