diff --git a/drivers/net/bareudp.c b/drivers/net/bareudp.c
index c9d0d68467f77..71a2f480f70e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bareudp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bareudp.c
@@ -250,9 +250,6 @@ static int bareudp_socket_create(struct bareudp_dev *bareudp, __be16 port)
 	tunnel_cfg.encap_destroy = NULL;
 	setup_udp_tunnel_sock(bareudp->net, sock, &tunnel_cfg);
 
-	if (sock->sk->sk_family == AF_INET6)
-		udp_encap_enable();
-
 	rcu_assign_pointer(bareudp->sock, sock);
 	return 0;
 }