diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/bytecodeStream.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/bytecodeStream.hpp
index de012de6e3e..89d97053b45 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/bytecodeStream.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/bytecodeStream.hpp
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@ class RawBytecodeStream: public BaseBytecodeStream {
              && code != Bytecodes::_lookupswitch, "can't be special bytecode");
       _is_wide = false;
       _next_bci += len;
-      if (_next_bci <= _bci) { // Check for integer overflow
-        code = Bytecodes::_illegal;
-      }
       _raw_code = code;
       return code;
     } else {