diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 6cb5aee4a5..ff257d1a6c 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -3828,10 +3828,6 @@ qcow2_co_copy_range_from(BlockDriverState *bs,
         case QCOW2_CLUSTER_NORMAL:
             child = s->data_file;
             copy_offset += offset_into_cluster(s, src_offset);
-            if ((copy_offset & 511) != 0) {
-                ret = -EIO;
-                goto out;
-            }
             break;
 
         default: