diff --git a/fs/squashfs/inode.c b/fs/squashfs/inode.c
index f31649080..24463145b 100755
--- a/fs/squashfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/inode.c
@@ -276,13 +276,8 @@ int squashfs_read_inode(struct inode *inode, long long ino)
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto failed_read;
 
-		inode->i_size = le32_to_cpu(sqsh_ino->symlink_size);
-		if (inode->i_size > PAGE_SIZE) {
-			ERROR("Corrupted symlink\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-
 		set_nlink(inode, le32_to_cpu(sqsh_ino->nlink));
+		inode->i_size = le32_to_cpu(sqsh_ino->symlink_size);
 		inode->i_op = &squashfs_symlink_inode_ops;
 		inode_nohighmem(inode);
 		inode->i_data.a_ops = &squashfs_symlink_aops;