diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index cef5b2954ac5..7b1365143f58 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3874,7 +3874,6 @@ out_free_rdev:
 
 static int analyze_sbs(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
-	int i;
 	struct md_rdev *rdev, *freshest, *tmp;
 
 	freshest = NULL;
@@ -3901,11 +3900,9 @@ static int analyze_sbs(struct mddev *mddev)
 	super_types[mddev->major_version].
 		validate_super(mddev, NULL/*freshest*/, freshest);
 
-	i = 0;
 	rdev_for_each_safe(rdev, tmp, mddev) {
 		if (mddev->max_disks &&
-		    (rdev->desc_nr >= mddev->max_disks ||
-		     i > mddev->max_disks)) {
+		    rdev->desc_nr >= mddev->max_disks) {
 			pr_warn("md: %s: %pg: only %d devices permitted\n",
 				mdname(mddev), rdev->bdev,
 				mddev->max_disks);