diff --git a/libdm/libdm-stats.c b/libdm/libdm-stats.c
index cff23d88f..61c052fc0 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-stats.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-stats.c
@@ -4948,8 +4948,7 @@ int dm_stats_start_filemapd(int fd, uint64_t group_id, const char *path,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (mode < DM_FILEMAPD_FOLLOW_INODE
-	    || mode > DM_FILEMAPD_FOLLOW_PATH) {
+	if (mode > DM_FILEMAPD_FOLLOW_PATH) {
 		log_error("Invalid dmfilemapd mode argument: "
 			  "Must be DM_FILEMAPD_FOLLOW_INODE or "
 			  "DM_FILEMAPD_FOLLOW_PATH");