diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c
index 84e20c3ada6c..fdd57c5785c9 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ static int bch2_direct_IO_read(struct kiocb *req, struct iov_iter *iter)
 
 	bch2_inode_opts_get(&opts, c, &inode->ei_inode);
 
-	if ((offset|iter->count) & (block_bytes(c) - 1))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	ret = min_t(loff_t, iter->count,
 		    max_t(loff_t, 0, i_size_read(&inode->v) - offset));