diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index 2cbd77933ea51e6e31cdf7415bb980203b08073b..92f224a9748172494f8355a4a6c84491ef0f9224 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -1698,13 +1698,11 @@ int ib_device_set_netns_put(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Currently supported only for those providers which support
-	 * disassociation and don't do port specific sysfs init. Once a
-	 * port_cleanup infrastructure is implemented, this limitation will be
-	 * removed.
+	 * All the ib_clients, including uverbs, are reset when the namespace is
+	 * changed and this cannot be blocked waiting for userspace to do
+	 * something, so disassociation is mandatory.
 	 */
-	if (!dev->ops.disassociate_ucontext || dev->ops.port_groups ||
-	    ib_devices_shared_netns) {
+	if (!dev->ops.disassociate_ucontext || ib_devices_shared_netns) {
 		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto ns_err;
 	}