1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 039516f6cd80..95391e609046 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -304,9 +304,6 @@ static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
         struct genlmsghdr *hdr = nlmsg_data(nlh);
         int hdrlen, err = -EINVAL;
 
-        if (nlh->nlmsg_type < NLMSG_MIN_TYPE)
-                goto ignore;
-
         family = genl_family_find_byid(nlh->nlmsg_type);
         if (family == NULL) {
                 err = -ENOENT;
@@ -364,9 +361,6 @@ static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
         *errp = err = ops->doit(skb, &info);
         return err;
 
-ignore:
-        return 0;
-
 errout:
         *errp = err;
         return -1;