diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 9a419b0994822986c90abacf1ebe49307618ed1b..c1e4db60eeca894dfef2ada514660d58779a545d 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2058,9 +2058,6 @@ static int rtnl_fdb_add(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
 	u8 *addr;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	err = nlmsg_parse(nlh, sizeof(*ndm), tb, NDA_MAX, NULL);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
@@ -2127,9 +2124,6 @@ static int rtnl_fdb_del(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
 	int err = -EINVAL;
 	__u8 *addr;
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(*ndm))
 		return -EINVAL;