diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 31f5da7f9f6c..e76270ee7fe5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -249,10 +249,7 @@ static struct ext4_new_flex_group_data *alloc_flex_gd(unsigned int flexbg_size)
 	if (flex_gd == NULL)
 		goto out3;
 
-	if (flexbg_size >= UINT_MAX / sizeof(struct ext4_new_group_data))
-		goto out2;
 	flex_gd->count = flexbg_size;
-
 	flex_gd->groups = kmalloc_array(flexbg_size,
 					sizeof(struct ext4_new_group_data),
 					GFP_NOFS);