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-rw-r--r--net/8021q/vlan.c6
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 6d37b7e2a76..a1f16303703 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -225,12 +225,6 @@ int vlan_check_real_dev(struct net_device *real_dev, u16 vlan_id)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
- /* The real device must be up and operating in order to
- * assosciate a VLAN device with it.
- */
- if (!(real_dev->flags & IFF_UP))
- return -ENETDOWN;
-
if (__find_vlan_dev(real_dev, vlan_id) != NULL)
return -EEXIST;