diff --git a/include/linux/nodemask.h b/include/linux/nodemask.h
index bb0ee80526b2..8d07116caaf1 100644
--- a/include/linux/nodemask.h
+++ b/include/linux/nodemask.h
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static inline void __nodes_fold(nodemask_t *dstp, const nodemask_t *origp,
 #if MAX_NUMNODES > 1
 #define for_each_node_mask(node, mask)				    \
 	for ((node) = first_node(mask);				    \
-	     (node >= 0) && (node) < MAX_NUMNODES;		    \
+	     (node) < MAX_NUMNODES;				    \
 	     (node) = next_node((node), (mask)))
 #else /* MAX_NUMNODES == 1 */
 #define for_each_node_mask(node, mask)                                  \