diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 2460c3333f70..ce76157c2f95 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6216,13 +6216,6 @@ static int __io_sqe_files_scm(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int nr, int offset)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int i, nr_files;
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-		unsigned long inflight = ctx->user->unix_inflight + nr;
-
-		if (inflight > task_rlimit(current, RLIMIT_NOFILE))
-			return -EMFILE;
-	}
-
 	fpl = kzalloc(sizeof(*fpl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fpl)
 		return -ENOMEM;