diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 973d00639215..6dbf910434d5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c62dba9011b93fd88fde929848582b2a98309878
+refs/heads/master: b85daee0e497c8fe7c4dc3531674ede645b37cdf
diff --git a/trunk/net/packet/af_packet.c b/trunk/net/packet/af_packet.c
index ee865d88183b..6a67a87384cc 100644
--- a/trunk/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/trunk/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;