diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/zforce_ts.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/zforce_ts.c
index e87888c229ab..3ed024985a58 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/zforce_ts.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/zforce_ts.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static int zforce_read_packet(struct zforce_ts *ts, u8 *buf)
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
-	if (buf[PAYLOAD_LENGTH] <= 0 || buf[PAYLOAD_LENGTH] > 255) {
+	if (buf[PAYLOAD_LENGTH] == 0) {
 		dev_err(&client->dev, "invalid payload length: %d\n",
 			buf[PAYLOAD_LENGTH]);
 		ret = -EIO;