UFSD("ptrs=uspi->s_apb = %d,double_blocks=%ld \n",ptrs,double_blocks);
-       if (i_block < 0) {
-               ufs_warning(inode->i_sb, "ufs_block_to_path", "block < 0");
-       } else if (i_block < direct_blocks) {
+       if (i_block < direct_blocks) {
                offsets[n++] = i_block;
        } else if ((i_block -= direct_blocks) < indirect_blocks) {
                offsets[n++] = UFS_IND_BLOCK;
        lock_kernel();
 
        UFSD("ENTER, ino %lu, fragment %llu\n", inode->i_ino, (unsigned long long)fragment);
-       if (fragment < 0)
-               goto abort_negative;
        if (fragment >
            ((UFS_NDADDR + uspi->s_apb + uspi->s_2apb + uspi->s_3apb)
             << uspi->s_fpbshift))
        unlock_kernel();
        return err;
 
-abort_negative:
-       ufs_warning(sb, "ufs_get_block", "block < 0");
-       goto abort;
-
 abort_too_big:
        ufs_warning(sb, "ufs_get_block", "block > big");
        goto abort;