diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index db6a239e0bcc1136e9cdd52333e3e99038a5a427..393b1bc9a618e5dee70105614772ad692e09bb7e 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -482,8 +482,7 @@ static bool rtnl_have_link_slave_info(const struct net_device *dev)
 	struct net_device *master_dev;
 
 	master_dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get((struct net_device *) dev);
-	if (master_dev && master_dev->rtnl_link_ops &&
-	    master_dev->rtnl_link_ops->fill_slave_info)
+	if (master_dev && master_dev->rtnl_link_ops)
 		return true;
 	return false;
 }