diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 1b0eb246b714..1b5fa0681331 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2545,12 +2545,6 @@ int btrfs_validate_super(const struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	 * Obvious sys_chunk_array corruptions, it must hold at least one key
 	 * and one chunk
 	 */
-	if (btrfs_super_sys_array_size(sb) > BTRFS_SYSTEM_CHUNK_ARRAY_SIZE) {
-		btrfs_err(fs_info, "system chunk array too big %u > %u",
-			  btrfs_super_sys_array_size(sb),
-			  BTRFS_SYSTEM_CHUNK_ARRAY_SIZE);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-	}
 	if (btrfs_super_sys_array_size(sb) < sizeof(struct btrfs_disk_key)
 			+ sizeof(struct btrfs_chunk)) {
 		btrfs_err(fs_info, "system chunk array too small %u < %zu",