diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 47eef9a0be6a7e9b2bf1523a73cc568d6e62bea8..067f6759a68f72e950f7a0fe70978cf1d691b393 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -4313,8 +4313,6 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_socket_uid_proto = {
 	.arg1_type      = ARG_PTR_TO_CTX,
 };
 
-#define SOCKOPT_CC_REINIT (1 << 0)
-
 static int _bpf_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 			   char *optval, int optlen, u32 flags)
 {
@@ -4449,13 +4447,12 @@ static int _bpf_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		   sk->sk_prot->setsockopt == tcp_setsockopt) {
 		if (optname == TCP_CONGESTION) {
 			char name[TCP_CA_NAME_MAX];
-			bool reinit = flags & SOCKOPT_CC_REINIT;
 
 			strncpy(name, optval, min_t(long, optlen,
 						    TCP_CA_NAME_MAX-1));
 			name[TCP_CA_NAME_MAX-1] = 0;
 			ret = tcp_set_congestion_control(sk, name, false,
-							 reinit, true);
+							 true, true);
 		} else {
 			struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 			struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
@@ -4652,8 +4649,6 @@ BPF_CALL_5(bpf_sock_ops_setsockopt, struct bpf_sock_ops_kern *, bpf_sock,
 	   int, level, int, optname, char *, optval, int, optlen)
 {
 	u32 flags = 0;
-	if (bpf_sock->op > BPF_SOCK_OPS_NEEDS_ECN)
-		flags |= SOCKOPT_CC_REINIT;
 	return _bpf_setsockopt(bpf_sock->sk, level, optname, optval, optlen,
 			       flags);
 }