diff --git a/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c b/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c
--- a/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c
@@ -3651,8 +3651,6 @@
 			ngroups = NGROUPS_MAX + 1;
 		}
 
-		if (ngroups > NGROUPS_MAX)
-			ngroups = NGROUPS_MAX;
 		if (ngroups > SMALLNGROUPS)
 			cr->cr_groups = malloc(ngroups * sizeof(gid_t));
 		cr->cr_ngroups = ngroups;