diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 484f056b50e0..135cd98e497b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 197631201ec2833f50ac50e6aa7c8ee151e66dda
+refs/heads/master: 70f0bfcf6a24e259d51f62354f866f42f8a3d317
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c b/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
index fb4d77978ec3..cafb35ae2856 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
@@ -784,10 +784,6 @@ static int do_replace(void __user *user, unsigned int len)
 	if (copy_from_user(&tmp, user, sizeof(tmp)) != 0)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	/* Hack: Causes ipchains to give correct error msg --RR */
-	if (len != sizeof(tmp) + tmp.size)
-		return -ENOPROTOOPT;
-
 	/* overflow check */
 	if (tmp.num_counters >= INT_MAX / sizeof(struct xt_counters))
 		return -ENOMEM;