diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 52a79d48752c..19ce34525a59 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2468,9 +2468,6 @@ static int ext4_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int err, credits, retries = 0;
 
-	if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	err = dquot_initialize(dir);
 	if (err)
 		return err;