diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c b/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c
index 05f00fb20b047a1fd0aa5fe4c6bc821aa20faef9..cd15ea79e3e2a3cc339c0f4c4da5156e513c3b47 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c
@@ -104,11 +104,9 @@ static int physdev_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
 	if (info->bitmask & (XT_PHYSDEV_OP_OUT | XT_PHYSDEV_OP_ISOUT) &&
 	    (!(info->bitmask & XT_PHYSDEV_OP_BRIDGED) ||
 	     info->invert & XT_PHYSDEV_OP_BRIDGED) &&
-	    par->hook_mask & ((1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT) |
-	    (1 << NF_INET_FORWARD) | (1 << NF_INET_POST_ROUTING))) {
+	    par->hook_mask & (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT)) {
 		pr_info_ratelimited("--physdev-out and --physdev-is-out only supported in the FORWARD and POSTROUTING chains with bridged traffic\n");
-		if (par->hook_mask & (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT))
-			return -EINVAL;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (!brnf_probed) {