diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
index fb864e7..67b1d0d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
@@ -332,8 +332,7 @@
 			continue;
 		}
 		count = sel_buffer_lth - pasted;
-		count = min(count, tty->receive_room);
-		tty->ldisc->ops->receive_buf(tty, sel_buffer + pasted,
+		count = tty->ldisc->ops->receive_buf(tty, sel_buffer + pasted,
 								NULL, count);
 		pasted += count;
 	}