diff --git a/net/devlink/core.c b/net/devlink/core.c
index 7cf0b3efbb2f9..a31a317626d75 100644
--- a/net/devlink/core.c
+++ b/net/devlink/core.c
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ struct devlink *devlinks_xa_find_get(struct net *net, unsigned long *indexp)
  */
 void devlink_set_features(struct devlink *devlink, u64 features)
 {
-	ASSERT_DEVLINK_NOT_REGISTERED(devlink);
-
 	WARN_ON(features & DEVLINK_F_RELOAD &&
 		!devlink_reload_supported(devlink->ops));
 	devlink->features = features;