diff --git a/res/res_fax.c b/res/res_fax.c
index b25b6d16d4a21f6102b25a2e4c641f6d1d441fcc..4a1c0846f22df4925d51d1d575e0cb72c2545e27 100644
--- a/res/res_fax.c
+++ b/res/res_fax.c
@@ -4561,12 +4561,7 @@ static int acf_faxopt_write(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *cmd, char *dat
 					unsigned int gwtimeout;
 
 					if (sscanf(timeout, "%30u", &gwtimeout) == 1) {
-						if (gwtimeout >= 0) {
-							details->gateway_timeout = gwtimeout * 1000;
-						} else {
-							ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "%s(%s) timeout cannot be negative.  Ignoring timeout\n",
-								cmd, data);
-						}
+						details->gateway_timeout = gwtimeout * 1000;
 					} else {
 						ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unsupported timeout '%s' passed to FAXOPT(%s).\n", timeout, data);
 					}
@@ -4605,13 +4600,7 @@ static int acf_faxopt_write(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *cmd, char *dat
 			if (details->faxdetect_id < 0) {
 				if (timeout) {
 					if (sscanf(timeout, "%30u", &fdtimeout) == 1) {
-						if (fdtimeout >= 0) {
-							fdtimeout *= 1000;
-						} else {
-							ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "%s(%s) timeout cannot be negative.  Ignoring timeout\n",
-								cmd, data);
-							fdtimeout = 0;
-						}
+						fdtimeout *= 1000;
 					} else {
 						ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unsupported timeout '%s' passed to FAXOPT(%s).\n",
 							timeout, data);