diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
index dac26f115427..be8a9f512ed1 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
@@ -1248,9 +1248,6 @@ kern_mknodat(struct thread *td, int fd, char *path, enum uio_seg pathseg,
 		if (error == 0 && dev == VNOVAL)
 			error = EINVAL;
 		break;
-	case S_IFMT:
-		error = priv_check(td, PRIV_VFS_MKNOD_BAD);
-		break;
 	case S_IFWHT:
 		error = priv_check(td, PRIV_VFS_MKNOD_WHT);
 		break;
@@ -1288,9 +1285,6 @@ restart:
 		whiteout = 0;
 
 		switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
-		case S_IFMT:	/* used by badsect to flag bad sectors */
-			vattr.va_type = VBAD;
-			break;
 		case S_IFCHR:
 			vattr.va_type = VCHR;
 			break;
diff --git a/sys/sys/priv.h b/sys/sys/priv.h
index 86ea05e92ac3..828c19f25efb 100644
--- a/sys/sys/priv.h
+++ b/sys/sys/priv.h
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
 #define	PRIV_VFS_GETFH		327	/* Can retrieve file handles. */
 #define	PRIV_VFS_GETQUOTA	328	/* getquota(). */
 #define	PRIV_VFS_LINK		329	/* bsd.hardlink_check_uid */
-#define	PRIV_VFS_MKNOD_BAD	330	/* Can mknod() to mark bad inodes. */
+#define	PRIV_VFS_MKNOD_BAD	330	/* Was: mknod() can mark bad inodes. */
 #define	PRIV_VFS_MKNOD_DEV	331	/* Can mknod() to create dev nodes. */
 #define	PRIV_VFS_MKNOD_WHT	332	/* Can mknod() to create whiteout. */
 #define	PRIV_VFS_MOUNT		333	/* Can mount(). */