diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_i2c.c
index a570ce40af19..ab4d21072191 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_i2c.c
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ static int radeon_process_i2c_ch(struct radeon_i2c_chan *chan,
 			memcpy(&out, &buf[1], num);
 		args.lpI2CDataOut = cpu_to_le16(out);
 	} else {
-		if (num > ATOM_MAX_HW_I2C_READ) {
-			DRM_ERROR("hw i2c: tried to read too many bytes (%d vs 255)\n", num);
-			r = -EINVAL;
-			goto done;
-		}
 		args.ucRegIndex = 0;
 		args.lpI2CDataOut = 0;
 	}