diff --git a/fs/hpfs/Kconfig b/fs/hpfs/Kconfig
index 0c39dc3ef7d..56bd15c5bf6 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/hpfs/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config HPFS_FS
 	tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support"
 	depends on BLOCK
-	depends on BROKEN || !PREEMPT
 	help
 	  OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS
 	  is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index c89b4080858..501ea86e40a 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -479,11 +479,6 @@ static int hpfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *options, int silent)
 
 	int o;
 
-	if (num_possible_cpus() > 1) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "HPFS is not SMP safe\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	save_mount_options(s, options);
 
 	sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);