diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.c b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
index 4058d38c0..1a9b05b79 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1150,17 +1150,6 @@ start_device(int vid)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < vsession->mem->nregions; i++) {
-		uint64_t mmap_size = vsession->mem->regions[i].mmap_size;
-
-		if (mmap_size & MASK_2MB) {
-			SPDK_ERRLOG("vhost device %d: Guest mmaped memory size %" PRIx64
-				    " is not a 2MB multiple\n", vid, mmap_size);
-			free(vsession->mem);
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Not sure right now but this look like some kind of QEMU bug and guest IO
 	 * might be frozed without kicking all queues after live-migration. This look like