diff --git a/net/can/gw.c b/net/can/gw.c
index 3f9b0f3a281876e7d8ec7de0366ed98712759aad..88c8a39c173df1e16c2b14f0a027910a241c2ca1 100644
--- a/net/can/gw.c
+++ b/net/can/gw.c
@@ -844,8 +844,7 @@ static int cgw_create_job(struct sk_buff *skb,  struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	if (!gwj->src.dev)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* check for CAN netdev not using header_ops - see gw_rcv() */
-	if (gwj->src.dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN || gwj->src.dev->header_ops)
+	if (gwj->src.dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN)
 		goto put_src_out;
 
 	gwj->dst.dev = dev_get_by_index(&init_net, gwj->ccgw.dst_idx);
@@ -853,8 +852,7 @@ static int cgw_create_job(struct sk_buff *skb,  struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	if (!gwj->dst.dev)
 		goto put_src_out;
 
-	/* check for CAN netdev not using header_ops - see gw_rcv() */
-	if (gwj->dst.dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN || gwj->dst.dev->header_ops)
+	if (gwj->dst.dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN)
 		goto put_src_dst_out;
 
 	gwj->limit_hops = limhops;