diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 54596f73eff5a8f78e1abed5ab1dcb0777b775ff..8582e12e4a62a8b11ec53d129aabbf16842fcc8e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -1163,9 +1163,6 @@ static int ipmr_device_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, v
 	int ct;
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 
-	if (!net_eq(dev_net(dev), net))
-		return NOTIFY_DONE;
-
 	if (event != NETDEV_UNREGISTER)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 	v = &net->ipv4.vif_table[0];