diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
index 8a404576fb26..b4f788e0ca31 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ static struct posix_acl *ocfs2_acl_from_xattr(const void *value, size_t size)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	count = size / sizeof(struct posix_acl_entry);
-	if (count < 0)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	if (count == 0)
-		return NULL;
 
 	acl = posix_acl_alloc(count, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!acl)