diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index a0dda2bf9d7c0a25c3a5ce544bb8a6219cd0b747..f4f7a00dcb63e11e3d756b39e29c3b59787a9dc3 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1370,9 +1370,6 @@ int sock_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 	{
 		u32 meminfo[SK_MEMINFO_VARS];
 
-		if (get_user(len, optlen))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
 		sk_get_meminfo(sk, meminfo);
 
 		len = min_t(unsigned int, len, sizeof(meminfo));