diff --git a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c
index a7f8979fb925..a06a47cdd5e0 100644
--- a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c
+++ b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ appldata_generic_handler(ctl_table *ctl, int write, struct file *filp,
  */
 int appldata_register_ops(struct appldata_ops *ops)
 {
-	if ((ops->size > APPLDATA_MAX_REC_SIZE) || (ops->size < 0))
+	if (ops->size > APPLDATA_MAX_REC_SIZE)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ops->ctl_table = kzalloc(4 * sizeof(struct ctl_table), GFP_KERNEL);