diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 03e39c2aaf669262d29bde44e2b040ae925acfa1..1a8babb8ee3c4d328af7e08063cef8f147086a10 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -3089,8 +3089,7 @@ int ib_uverbs_ex_create_flow(struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
 	if (cmd.comp_mask)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if ((cmd.flow_attr.type == IB_FLOW_ATTR_SNIFFER &&
-	     !capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) || !capable(CAP_NET_RAW))
+	if (!capable(CAP_NET_RAW))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (cmd.flow_attr.flags >= IB_FLOW_ATTR_FLAGS_RESERVED)