diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 87490f7bb0f72a47db2a3e8a28ce3816cd236032..90210a74d6383579632ff9c96b3c585ed1b735a5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1045,9 +1045,6 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 	struct net_device *dev = ptr;
 	struct in_device *in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev);
 
-	if (dev->nd_net != &init_net)
-		return NOTIFY_DONE;
-
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
 	if (!in_dev) {