diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 8cfb9e3c1f6e47223f38b1b893b19a98e6ae5709..10df445bb8183a1eb72adce22cd277d12ca0d5c9 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -4124,7 +4124,6 @@ static int rtnetlink_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, voi
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER:
 	case NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA:
-	case NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN:
 		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, 0, GFP_KERNEL);