1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index c2996794eb25..039516f6cd80 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_flags & NLM_F_REQUEST))
-                goto ignore;
-
         if (nlh->nlmsg_type < NLMSG_MIN_TYPE)
                 goto ignore;