diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-build.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-build.sh
index fb66d0173638..34d126734cde 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-build.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-build.sh
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ then
 	exit 1
 fi
 builddir=${2}
-if test -z "$builddir" -o ! -d "$builddir" -o ! -w "$builddir"
-then
-	echo "kvm-build.sh :$builddir: Not a writable directory, cannot build into it"
-	exit 1
-fi
 
 T=${TMPDIR-/tmp}/test-linux.sh.$$
 trap 'rm -rf $T' 0