diff --git a/lib/buffer.js b/lib/buffer.js
index cfe30808106..f8d615ee0c2 100644
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@@ -354,8 +354,6 @@ function fromArrayBuffer(obj, byteOffset, length) {
     if (length !== length) {
       length = 0;
     } else if (length > 0) {
-      length = (length < Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER ?
-                length : Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);
       if (length > maxLength)
         throw new RangeError("'length' is out of bounds");
     } else {