diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 8c8f6c5b6d79..43a716b367cf 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(io_getevents, aio_context_t, ctx_id,
 	long ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (likely(ioctx)) {
-		if (likely(min_nr <= nr && min_nr >= 0 && nr >= 0))
+		if (likely(min_nr <= nr && min_nr >= 0))
 			ret = read_events(ioctx, min_nr, nr, events, timeout);
 		put_ioctx(ioctx);
 	}