diff --git a/fs/jffs2/scan.c b/fs/jffs2/scan.c
index 7a46a43..858e3ed 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/scan.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/scan.c
@@ -741,18 +741,8 @@
 			ofs += 4;
 			continue;
 		}
-		/* Due to poor choice of crc32 seed, an all-zero node will have a correct CRC */
-		if (!je32_to_cpu(node->hdr_crc) && !je16_to_cpu(node->nodetype) &&
-		    !je16_to_cpu(node->magic) && !je32_to_cpu(node->totlen)) {
-			noisy_printk(&noise, "jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): All zero node header at 0x%08x.\n", ofs);
-			if ((err = jffs2_scan_dirty_space(c, jeb, 4)))
-				return err;
-			ofs += 4;
-			continue;
-		}
 
-		if (ofs + je32_to_cpu(node->totlen) >
-		    jeb->offset + c->sector_size) {
+		if (ofs + je32_to_cpu(node->totlen) > jeb->offset + c->sector_size) {
 			/* Eep. Node goes over the end of the erase block. */
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "Node at 0x%08x with length 0x%08x would run over the end of the erase block\n",
 			       ofs, je32_to_cpu(node->totlen));