1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index d7434e0a610e..3d269a52789c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -383,20 +383,12 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_xmit_hash(struct device *d,
         int new_value, ret = count;
         struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
 
-        if (bond->dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
-                pr_err("%s: Interface is up. Unable to update xmit policy.\n",
-                       bond->dev->name);
-                ret = -EPERM;
-                goto out;
-        }
-
         new_value = bond_parse_parm(buf, xmit_hashtype_tbl);
         if (new_value < 0)  {
                 pr_err("%s: Ignoring invalid xmit hash policy value %.*s.\n",
                        bond->dev->name,
                        (int)strlen(buf) - 1, buf);
                 ret = -EINVAL;
-                goto out;
         } else {
                 bond->params.xmit_policy = new_value;
                 bond_set_mode_ops(bond, bond->params.mode);
@@ -404,7 +396,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_xmit_hash(struct device *d,
                         bond->dev->name,
                         xmit_hashtype_tbl[new_value].modename, new_value);
         }
-out:
+
         return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(xmit_hash_policy, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,