diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 81c2238b884c..bb22908c79e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -319,29 +319,14 @@ static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off)
 #endif
 #ifndef __compiletime_error
 # define __compiletime_error(message)
-/*
- * Sparse complains of variable sized arrays due to the temporary variable in
- * __compiletime_assert. Unfortunately we can't just expand it out to make
- * sparse see a constant array size without breaking compiletime_assert on old
- * versions of GCC (e.g. 4.2.4), so hide the array from sparse altogether.
- */
-# ifndef __CHECKER__
-#  define __compiletime_error_fallback(condition) \
-	do { ((void)sizeof(char[1 - 2 * condition])); } while (0)
-# endif
-#endif
-#ifndef __compiletime_error_fallback
-# define __compiletime_error_fallback(condition) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __OPTIMIZE__
 # define __compiletime_assert(condition, msg, prefix, suffix)		\
 	do {								\
-		int __cond = !(condition);				\
 		extern void prefix ## suffix(void) __compiletime_error(msg); \
-		if (__cond)						\
+		if (!(condition))					\
 			prefix ## suffix();				\
-		__compiletime_error_fallback(__cond);			\
 	} while (0)
 #else
 # define __compiletime_assert(condition, msg, prefix, suffix) do { } while (0)