diff --git a/fs/cifs/asn1.c b/fs/cifs/asn1.c
index cfd1ce34e0bc..1d36db114772 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/asn1.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/asn1.c
@@ -614,53 +614,10 @@ decode_negTokenInit(unsigned char *security_blob, int length,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* mechlistMIC */
-	if (asn1_header_decode(&ctx, &end, &cls, &con, &tag) == 0) {
-		/* Check if we have reached the end of the blob, but with
-		   no mechListMic (e.g. NTLMSSP instead of KRB5) */
-		if (ctx.error == ASN1_ERR_DEC_EMPTY)
-			goto decode_negtoken_exit;
-		cFYI(1, "Error decoding last part negTokenInit exit3");
-		return 0;
-	} else if ((cls != ASN1_CTX) || (con != ASN1_CON)) {
-		/* tag = 3 indicating mechListMIC */
-		cFYI(1, "Exit 4 cls = %d con = %d tag = %d end = %p (%d)",
-			cls, con, tag, end, *end);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	/* sequence */
-	if (asn1_header_decode(&ctx, &end, &cls, &con, &tag) == 0) {
-		cFYI(1, "Error decoding last part negTokenInit exit5");
-		return 0;
-	} else if ((cls != ASN1_UNI) || (con != ASN1_CON)
-		   || (tag != ASN1_SEQ)) {
-		cFYI(1, "cls = %d con = %d tag = %d end = %p (%d)",
-			cls, con, tag, end, *end);
-	}
-
-	/* sequence of */
-	if (asn1_header_decode(&ctx, &end, &cls, &con, &tag) == 0) {
-		cFYI(1, "Error decoding last part negTokenInit exit 7");
-		return 0;
-	} else if ((cls != ASN1_CTX) || (con != ASN1_CON)) {
-		cFYI(1, "Exit 8 cls = %d con = %d tag = %d end = %p (%d)",
-			cls, con, tag, end, *end);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	/* general string */
-	if (asn1_header_decode(&ctx, &end, &cls, &con, &tag) == 0) {
-		cFYI(1, "Error decoding last part negTokenInit exit9");
-		return 0;
-	} else if ((cls != ASN1_UNI) || (con != ASN1_PRI)
-		   || (tag != ASN1_GENSTR)) {
-		cFYI(1, "Exit10 cls = %d con = %d tag = %d end = %p (%d)",
-			cls, con, tag, end, *end);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	cFYI(1, "Need to call asn1_octets_decode() function for %s",
-		ctx.pointer);	/* is this UTF-8 or ASCII? */
-decode_negtoken_exit:
+	/*
+	 * We currently ignore anything at the end of the SPNEGO blob after
+	 * the mechTypes have been parsed, since none of that info is
+	 * used at the moment.
+	 */
 	return 1;
 }