diff --git a/tinycrypt/ecc.c b/tinycrypt/ecc.c
index a0333b0..0447cba 100644
--- a/tinycrypt/ecc.c
+++ b/tinycrypt/ecc.c
@@ -1015,13 +1015,10 @@
 static uECC_word_t regularize_k(const uECC_word_t * const k, uECC_word_t *k0,
 			 uECC_word_t *k1)
 {
-
-	wordcount_t num_n_words = NUM_ECC_WORDS;
 	bitcount_t num_n_bits = NUM_ECC_BITS;
 
 	uECC_word_t carry = uECC_vli_add(k0, k, curve_n) ||
-			     (num_n_bits < ((bitcount_t)num_n_words * uECC_WORD_SIZE * 8) &&
-			     uECC_vli_testBit(k0, num_n_bits));
+			     uECC_vli_testBit(k0, num_n_bits);
 
 	uECC_vli_add(k1, k0, curve_n);