diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/platform/intel-mid/atomisp_gmin_platform.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/platform/intel-mid/atomisp_gmin_platform.c
index 3283c1b05d6a..70c34de98707 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/platform/intel-mid/atomisp_gmin_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/platform/intel-mid/atomisp_gmin_platform.c
@@ -693,12 +693,6 @@ static int gmin_get_config_var(struct device *dev, const char *var,
 	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(var8) && var8[i]; i++)
 		var16[i] = var8[i];
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-	/* To avoid owerflows when calling the efivar API */
-	if (*out_len > ULONG_MAX)
-		return -EINVAL;
-#endif
-
 	/* Not sure this API usage is kosher; efivar_entry_get()'s
 	 * implementation simply uses VariableName and VendorGuid from
 	 * the struct and ignores the rest, but it seems like there