1 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
index af1d14a9ebda..ebc987398923 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
@@ -229,17 +229,6 @@ static int write_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount, int oldmode)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * On x86-64 we do not support 16-bit segments due to
-	 * IRET leaking the high bits of the kernel stack address.
-	 */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	if (!ldt_info.seg_32bit) {
-		error = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-#endif
-
 	fill_ldt(&ldt, &ldt_info);
 	if (oldmode)
 		ldt.avl = 0;