diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
index bef499868269..65e94301e57b 100644
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Following shows a typical sequence of steps for using zram.
 1) Load Module:
 	modprobe zram num_devices=4
 	This creates 4 devices: /dev/zram{0,1,2,3}
-	(num_devices parameter is optional. Default: 1)
+
+num_devices parameter is optional and tells zram how many devices should be
+pre-created. Default: 1.
 
 2) Set max number of compression streams
 	Compression backend may use up to max_comp_streams compression streams,
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index 82bc2ff9bd81..70aac2e564e9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -1287,12 +1287,6 @@ static int __init zram_init(void)
 {
 	int ret, dev_id;
 
-	if (num_devices > max_num_devices) {
-		pr_warn("Invalid value for num_devices: %u\n",
-				num_devices);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	zram_major = register_blkdev(0, "zram");
 	if (zram_major <= 0) {
 		pr_warn("Unable to get major number\n");
@@ -1322,7 +1316,7 @@ module_init(zram_init);
 module_exit(zram_exit);
 
 module_param(num_devices, uint, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(num_devices, "Number of zram devices");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(num_devices, "Number of pre-created zram devices");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>");
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
index 570c598f4ce9..042994e807cf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
 
 #include "zcomp.h"
 
-/*
- * Some arbitrary value. This is just to catch
- * invalid value for num_devices module parameter.
- */
-static const unsigned max_num_devices = 32;
-
 /*-- Configurable parameters */
 
 /*