diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index 2616d0e..081929c 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -498,7 +498,6 @@ void ext2_free_blocks (struct inode * inode, unsigned long block,
 	unsigned freed = 0, group_freed;
 
 	if (block < le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) ||
-	    block + count < block ||
 	    block + count > le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count)) {
 		ext2_error (sb, "ext2_free_blocks",
 			    "Freeing blocks not in datazone - "