diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_brcm.c b/net/dsa/tag_brcm.c
index e2ed6cf68261f8b655bde8cc8fff4ea240194952..68d4feef96d4f92748e2ac91166f671393ed3148 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_brcm.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_brcm.c
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ static int brcm_tag_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	int source_port;
 	u8 *brcm_tag;
 
-	if (unlikely(dst == NULL))
-		goto out_drop;
-
 	ds = dst->cpu_switch;
 
 	skb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_dsa.c b/net/dsa/tag_dsa.c
index e42ba906100cbc14beec08fb98f283785c3183e0..377569c0e4f7c307c02ddd793f1a1dbd1f1e6d78 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_dsa.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_dsa.c
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ static int dsa_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	int source_device;
 	int source_port;
 
-	if (unlikely(dst == NULL))
-		goto out_drop;
-
 	skb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (skb == NULL)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_edsa.c b/net/dsa/tag_edsa.c
index 6a9b7a9e4e15b9d75571f4f4cc18b776e420610b..30520ff9c9a28f7331a1ab40ecfaebb44920609c 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_edsa.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_edsa.c
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ static int edsa_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	int source_device;
 	int source_port;
 
-	if (unlikely(dst == NULL))
-		goto out_drop;
-
 	skb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (skb == NULL)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_mtk.c b/net/dsa/tag_mtk.c
index 44ae6353a52103bf06a435c46f4302b4b48243bb..836c311a3c386b36fcb33d3ff26cf7dc69cf604b 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_mtk.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_mtk.c
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ static int mtk_tag_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	int port;
 	__be16 *phdr, hdr;
 
-	if (unlikely(!dst))
-		goto out_drop;
-
 	skb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_qca.c b/net/dsa/tag_qca.c
index 4e0dad759d047a3122ab0ed5005a37f1f3fa69da..6579d6db1bc6209a80849124d89880387dd6498b 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_qca.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_qca.c
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ static int qca_tag_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	int port;
 	__be16 *phdr, hdr;
 
-	if (unlikely(!dst))
-		goto out_drop;
-
 	skb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_trailer.c b/net/dsa/tag_trailer.c
index 74c948512550f71649d62446b0c2e60bd88004f9..f5c764ee29680a9a2ced6087191b008a9a503573 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_trailer.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_trailer.c
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ static int trailer_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	u8 *trailer;
 	int source_port;
 
-	if (unlikely(dst == NULL))
-		goto out_drop;
 	ds = dst->cpu_switch;
 
 	skb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);