diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c
index e6d146f84493..e882d004622e 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c
@@ -999,23 +999,6 @@ nfs_mount(struct mount *mp)
 			error = EIO;
 			goto out;
 		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Cannot switch to UDP if current rsize/wsize/readdirsize is
-		 * too large, since there may be an I/O RPC in progress that
-		 * will get retried after the switch to the UDP socket. These
-		 * retries will fail over and over and over again.
-		 */
-		if (args.sotype == SOCK_DGRAM &&
-		    (nmp->nm_rsize > NFS_MAXDGRAMDATA ||
-		     nmp->nm_wsize > NFS_MAXDGRAMDATA ||
-		     nmp->nm_readdirsize > NFS_MAXDGRAMDATA)) {
-			vfs_mount_error(mp,
-			    "old rsize/wsize/readdirsize greater than UDP max");
-			error = EINVAL;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
 		/*
 		 * When doing an update, we can't change version,
 		 * security, switch lockd strategies or change cookie
diff --git a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
index 5c257fcda492..82891f9e29f8 100644
--- a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
@@ -1116,23 +1116,6 @@ nfs_mount(struct mount *mp)
 			error = EIO;
 			goto out;
 		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Cannot switch to UDP if current rsize/wsize/readdirsize is
-		 * too large, since there may be an I/O RPC in progress that
-		 * will get retried after the switch to the UDP socket. These
-		 * retries will fail over and over and over again.
-		 */
-		if (args.sotype == SOCK_DGRAM &&
-		    (nmp->nm_rsize > NFS_MAXDGRAMDATA ||
-		     nmp->nm_wsize > NFS_MAXDGRAMDATA ||
-		     nmp->nm_readdirsize > NFS_MAXDGRAMDATA)) {
-			vfs_mount_error(mp,
-			    "old rsize/wsize/readdirsize greater than UDP max");
-			error = EINVAL;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
 		/*
 		 * When doing an update, we can't change from or to
 		 * v3, switch lockd strategies or change cookie translation