diff --git a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
index 8f29103935a3b50794ca1da5b8ac70427c2fef71..16d01a3ff33f0b00adc680d189ff1d2b8b775038 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ static int add_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, int ifindex, int isadd)
 	else
 		ret = br_del_if(br, dev);
 
-	if (!ret)
-		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, IFF_MASTER, GFP_KERNEL);
-
 	return ret;
 }