{
        int     retval;
 
-       if (unlikely(off >= attr->size))
-               return 0;
-       if (unlikely(off < 0))
-               return -EINVAL;
-       if ((off + count) > attr->size)
-               count = attr->size - off;
-
        off += NVRAM_OFFSET;
        spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);
        for (retval = 0; count; count--, off++, retval++) {
        int             retval;
 
        cmos = dev_get_drvdata(container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj));
-       if (unlikely(off >= attr->size))
-               return -EFBIG;
-       if (unlikely(off < 0))
-               return -EINVAL;
-       if ((off + count) > attr->size)
-               count = attr->size - off;
 
        /* NOTE:  on at least PCs and Ataris, the boot firmware uses a
         * checksum on part of the NVRAM data.  That's currently ignored