diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 84bb707bd88d84218b9b67996ed26f7c1423ade1..bfb345c88271e90e11df37f12a2727e149f1d8c1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -1122,10 +1122,8 @@ void fib_add_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
 				  prefix, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, prim,
 				  ifa->ifa_rt_priority);
 
-		/* Add network specific broadcasts, when it takes a sense */
+		/* Add the network broadcast address, when it makes sense */
 		if (ifa->ifa_prefixlen < 31) {
-			fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, prefix, 32,
-				  prim, 0);
 			fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, prefix | ~mask,
 				  32, prim, 0);
 		}