diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index 9ca7947ab6437c2b7c24b347dfa05129ee99c63b..2dbe732ca135d07567326e4c3b018f0266ee91c9 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -582,9 +582,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *netem_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct rb_node *p;
 
-	if (qdisc_is_throttled(sch))
-		return NULL;
-
 tfifo_dequeue:
 	skb = __skb_dequeue(&sch->q);
 	if (skb) {