diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index 0f36e8d59b29c563bfae1f6421c9d5d2a5ddeb44..877a7f65f707fa53688a4d7b349b58bcc84fcf2f 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -1072,10 +1072,6 @@ static int rose_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	unsigned char *asmptr;
 	int n, size, qbit = 0;
 
-	/* ROSE empty frame has no meaning : don't send */
-	if (len == 0)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (msg->msg_flags & ~(MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_EOR|MSG_CMSG_COMPAT))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1273,12 +1269,6 @@ static int rose_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
 	copied     = skb->len;
 
-	/* ROSE empty frame has no meaning : ignore it */
-	if (copied == 0) {
-		skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
-		return copied;
-	}
-
 	if (copied > size) {
 		copied = size;
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;