diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
index 2e0e835baf7273427e84c971d4701f122e9c4a40..cff4449f01d24188d990e616c308f3ac2d333776 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
@@ -509,10 +509,6 @@ __nfqnl_enqueue_packet(struct net *net, struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
 	}
 	spin_lock_bh(&queue->lock);
 
-	if (!queue->peer_portid) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto err_out_free_nskb;
-	}
 	if (queue->queue_total >= queue->queue_maxlen) {
 		if (queue->flags & NFQA_CFG_F_FAIL_OPEN) {
 			failopen = 1;