diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 204297dffd2ae..56af8e41abfcb 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2802,9 +2802,6 @@ static int rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	if (tb[IFLA_IF_NETNSID])
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 	if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
 		nla_strlcpy(ifname, tb[IFLA_IFNAME], IFNAMSIZ);
 	else