diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 3130c42240c86545f1037648635a9e7de0876095..d7d4c2b79cf2f516f9e3f62c6fe4415e9bc137a0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1671,10 +1671,6 @@ int tcp_v4_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		goto discard_it;
 	}
 
-	if (skb->len < (th->doff << 2)) {
-		inet_twsk_put(inet_twsk(sk));
-		goto bad_packet;
-	}
 	if (tcp_checksum_complete(skb)) {
 		inet_twsk_put(inet_twsk(sk));
 		goto csum_error;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index b72e1ffc6bb40f486764874e6a167b72d899605b..45a7176ed460681558808439f20e1622423f4c32 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1467,10 +1467,6 @@ static int tcp_v6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	tcp_v6_fill_cb(skb, hdr, th);
 
-	if (skb->len < (th->doff<<2)) {
-		inet_twsk_put(inet_twsk(sk));
-		goto bad_packet;
-	}
 	if (tcp_checksum_complete(skb)) {
 		inet_twsk_put(inet_twsk(sk));
 		goto csum_error;