1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index ee865d88183b..6a67a87384cc 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -761,12 +761,6 @@ static int packet_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
         if (dev->hard_header) {
                 int res;
                 err = -EINVAL;
-                if (saddr) {
-                        if (saddr->sll_halen != dev->addr_len)
-                                goto out_free;
-                        if (saddr->sll_hatype != dev->type)
-                                goto out_free;
-                }
                 res = dev->hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(proto), addr, NULL, len);
                 if (sock->type != SOCK_DGRAM) {
                         skb->tail = skb->data;