diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 35976bdccafc..9d7551f5c32a 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -1372,9 +1372,6 @@ static int jfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	tid_t tid;
 	struct tblock *tblk;
 
-	if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	jfs_info("jfs_mknod: %pd", dentry);
 
 	rc = dquot_initialize(dir);
diff --git a/fs/jfs/super.c b/fs/jfs/super.c
index 4cd9798f4948..8f9176caf098 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/super.c
@@ -496,9 +496,6 @@ static int jfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 	jfs_info("In jfs_read_super: s_flags=0x%lx", sb->s_flags);
 
-	if (!new_valid_dev(sb->s_bdev->bd_dev))
-		return -EOVERFLOW;
-
 	sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(struct jfs_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sbi)
 		return -ENOMEM;