1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 75a69bac82a8..bb18b9c3a5cb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1886,9 +1886,6 @@ static int inet6_addr_add(int ifindex, struct in6_addr *pfx, int plen,
         if ((dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifindex)) == NULL)
                 return -ENODEV;
         
-        if (!(dev->flags&IFF_UP))
-                return -ENETDOWN;
-
         if ((idev = addrconf_add_dev(dev)) == NULL)
                 return -ENOBUFS;
 
@@ -2922,9 +2919,6 @@ inet6_addr_modify(int ifindex, struct in6_addr *pfx,
         if ((dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifindex)) == NULL)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        if (!(dev->flags&IFF_UP))
-                return -ENETDOWN;
-
         if (!valid_lft || (prefered_lft > valid_lft))
                 return -EINVAL;