diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
index c24a38272cb7..d214233ef532 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
@@ -259,13 +259,6 @@ xfs_validate_sb_write(
 	 * the kernel cannot support since we checked for unsupported bits in
 	 * the read verifier, which means that memory is corrupt.
 	 */
-	if (xfs_sb_has_compat_feature(sbp, XFS_SB_FEAT_COMPAT_UNKNOWN)) {
-		xfs_warn(mp,
-"Corruption detected in superblock compatible features (0x%x)!",
-			(sbp->sb_features_compat & XFS_SB_FEAT_COMPAT_UNKNOWN));
-		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
-	}
-
 	if (!xfs_is_readonly(mp) &&
 	    xfs_sb_has_ro_compat_feature(sbp, XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_UNKNOWN)) {
 		xfs_alert(mp,