diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index ac1ceadf4ed34b5289db8d50819ec1433dc1d589..507828d7d4aeb807220462a4d494441388ac5624 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ static void netlink_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
 
-	BUG_ON(mutex_is_locked(nlk_sk(sk)->cb_mutex));
 	if (nlk->cb) {
 		if (nlk->cb->done)
 			nlk->cb->done(nlk->cb);