diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c b/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
index b31ec81bd1dd..aba141c26249 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
@@ -499,10 +499,8 @@ sequential_heuristic(struct uio *uio, struct file *fp)
 		 * closely related to the best I/O size for real disks than
 		 * to any block size used by software.
 		 */
-		fp->f_seqcount += MIN(IO_SEQMAX,
+		fp->f_seqcount += lmin(IO_SEQMAX,
 		    howmany(uio->uio_resid, 16384));
-		if (fp->f_seqcount > IO_SEQMAX)
-			fp->f_seqcount = IO_SEQMAX;
 		return (fp->f_seqcount << IO_SEQSHIFT);
 	}