diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index f5cc66a14f84683decd81f8f5a36d3ad8a3e28f3..403f61c3bf73a2fc8cc0552d11a47bccccd2767d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -667,12 +667,6 @@ static int io_init(struct ubi_device *ubi, int max_beb_per1024)
 	ubi->ec_hdr_alsize = ALIGN(UBI_EC_HDR_SIZE, ubi->hdrs_min_io_size);
 	ubi->vid_hdr_alsize = ALIGN(UBI_VID_HDR_SIZE, ubi->hdrs_min_io_size);
 
-	if (ubi->vid_hdr_offset && ((ubi->vid_hdr_offset + UBI_VID_HDR_SIZE) >
-	    ubi->vid_hdr_alsize)) {
-		ubi_err(ubi, "VID header offset %d too large.", ubi->vid_hdr_offset);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	dbg_gen("min_io_size      %d", ubi->min_io_size);
 	dbg_gen("max_write_size   %d", ubi->max_write_size);
 	dbg_gen("hdrs_min_io_size %d", ubi->hdrs_min_io_size);