diff --git a/include/linux/mroute.h b/include/linux/mroute.h
index 79aaa9fc1a15d6ed7caac2b147ae030b18da060a..fa66ebc1fed653d845ff27e85829b219cc61f760 100644
--- a/include/linux/mroute.h
+++ b/include/linux/mroute.h
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ struct vif_device {
 
 #define VIFF_STATIC 0x8000
 
+/* mfc_flags:
+ * MFC_STATIC - the entry was added statically (not by a routing daemon)
+ */
+enum {
+	MFC_STATIC = BIT(0),
+};
+
 struct mfc_cache {
 	struct list_head list;
 	__be32 mfc_mcastgrp;			/* Group the entry belongs to 	*/
@@ -89,9 +96,6 @@ struct mfc_cache {
 	struct rcu_head	rcu;
 };
 
-#define MFC_STATIC		1
-#define MFC_NOTIFY		2
-
 #define MFC_LINES		64
 
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index a2d248d9c35c872e332b868a1f3ad46b2a2fddd8..a74e61883b8fa8d0c9875c2ac4a53845b7ff573d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -2199,8 +2199,6 @@ int ipmr_get_route(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	read_lock(&mrt_lock);
-	if (!nowait && (rtm->rtm_flags & RTM_F_NOTIFY))
-		cache->mfc_flags |= MFC_NOTIFY;
 	err = __ipmr_fill_mroute(mrt, skb, cache, rtm);
 	read_unlock(&mrt_lock);
 	rcu_read_unlock();