diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
index 4c4204e227..aa97701fc5 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-03-24  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdk-pixbuf-loader.c (gdk_pixbuf_loader_write): Remove a
+	pointless check, pointed out by Kjartan Maraas.
+
 2006-03-22  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdk-pixbuf-loader.c: Add some documentation about
diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c b/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c
index 460aea1f9b..934bb8f2f1 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ gdk_pixbuf_loader_write (GdkPixbufLoader *loader,
         g_return_val_if_fail (GDK_IS_PIXBUF_LOADER (loader), FALSE);
   
         g_return_val_if_fail (buf != NULL, FALSE);
-        g_return_val_if_fail (count >= 0, FALSE);
         g_return_val_if_fail (error == NULL || *error == NULL, FALSE);
   
         priv = loader->priv;