diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
index d2fd550f7e0..fc8ea0a57ac 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static int __init init_pmc551(void)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *PCI_Device = NULL;
 	struct mypriv *priv;
-	int count, found = 0;
+	int found = 0;
 	struct mtd_info *mtd;
 	u32 length = 0;
 
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static int __init init_pmc551(void)
 	/*
 	 * PCU-bus chipset probe.
 	 */
-	for (count = 0; count < MAX_MTD_DEVICES; count++) {
+	for (;;) {
 
 		if ((PCI_Device = pci_get_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_V3_SEMI,
 						  PCI_DEVICE_ID_V3_SEMI_V370PDC,
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index bce0a07cbac..9f826cda274 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ static int mtd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL0, "MTD_open\n");
 
-	if (devnum >= MAX_MTD_DEVICES)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	/* You can't open the RO devices RW */
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && (minor & 1))
 		return -EACCES;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
index 92e12df0917..328313c3dcc 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
@@ -429,11 +429,6 @@ static int __init mtdoops_init(void)
 	mtd_index = simple_strtoul(mtddev, &endp, 0);
 	if (*endp == '\0')
 		cxt->mtd_index = mtd_index;
-	if (cxt->mtd_index > MAX_MTD_DEVICES) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "mtdoops: invalid mtd device number (%u) given\n",
-				mtd_index);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	cxt->oops_buf = vmalloc(record_size);
 	if (!cxt->oops_buf) {