diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 49ddca31c4daf4ac50923d540901b99f33a29f0e..1aec92bf80189aad7bb940502c3d7a77b5978738 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -263,21 +263,6 @@ void build_ehash_secret(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(build_ehash_secret);
 
-static inline int inet_netns_ok(struct net *net, __u8 protocol)
-{
-	const struct net_protocol *ipprot;
-
-	if (net_eq(net, &init_net))
-		return 1;
-
-	ipprot = rcu_dereference(inet_protos[protocol]);
-	if (ipprot == NULL) {
-		/* raw IP is OK */
-		return 1;
-	}
-	return ipprot->netns_ok;
-}
-
 /*
  *	Create an inet socket.
  */
@@ -350,10 +335,6 @@ static int inet_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	    !ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW))
 		goto out_rcu_unlock;
 
-	err = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
-	if (!inet_netns_ok(net, protocol))
-		goto out_rcu_unlock;
-
 	sock->ops = answer->ops;
 	answer_prot = answer->prot;
 	answer_no_check = answer->no_check;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
index f1395a6fb35fcbb2f49d3a19ce6d48dcf43e4e89..87abd3e2bd329d7ee3630cbc3ed4770d35e6370e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -208,13 +208,6 @@ static int ip_local_deliver_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		if (ipprot != NULL) {
 			int ret;
 
-			if (!net_eq(net, &init_net) && !ipprot->netns_ok) {
-				net_info_ratelimited("%s: proto %d isn't netns-ready\n",
-						     __func__, protocol);
-				kfree_skb(skb);
-				goto out;
-			}
-
 			if (!ipprot->no_policy) {
 				if (!xfrm4_policy_check(NULL, XFRM_POLICY_IN, skb)) {
 					kfree_skb(skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/protocol.c b/net/ipv4/protocol.c
index 0f9d09f54bd9d781bb74d577185c571fe632b270..ce848461acbb07f6b758dc900225c7aff16ac690 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/protocol.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/protocol.c
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ const struct net_offload __rcu *inet_offloads[MAX_INET_PROTOS] __read_mostly;
 
 int inet_add_protocol(const struct net_protocol *prot, unsigned char protocol)
 {
+	if (!prot->netns_ok) {
+		pr_err("Protocol %u is not namespace aware, cannot register.\n",
+			protocol);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	return !cmpxchg((const struct net_protocol **)&inet_protos[protocol],
 			NULL, prot) ? 0 : -1;
 }