diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index 22548f5..c557f22 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ void ext3_free_blocks_sb(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 	sbi = EXT3_SB(sb);
 	es = sbi->s_es;
 	if (block < le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) ||
-	    block + count < block ||
 	    block + count > le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count)) {
 		ext3_error (sb, "ext3_free_blocks",
 			    "Freeing blocks not in datazone - "