diff --git a/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-prefs b/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-prefs
index 085a1f30..762cfc31 100755
--- a/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-prefs
+++ b/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-prefs
@@ -260,9 +260,6 @@ def set_vcpus(vms, vm, args):
     return True
 
 def set_kernelopts(vms, vm, args):
-    if len (args) != 1:
-        print "Missing kernel opts argument!"
-
     if len (args) != 1:
         print "Missing kernel opts argument!"
         print "Possible values:"