diff --git a/drivers/net/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/pppoe.c
index c059c8db42e30478cc90135a4566f59c923a2475..99f031a08a015942609eebd6a7dc897d77dcc00a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pppoe.c
@@ -290,12 +290,6 @@ static void pppoe_flush_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct pppoe_net *pn;
 	int i;
 
-	BUG_ON(dev == NULL);
-
-	pn = pppoe_pernet(dev_net(dev));
-	if (!pn) /* already freed */
-		return;
-
 	write_lock_bh(&pn->hash_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < PPPOE_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
 		struct pppox_sock *po = pn->hash_table[i];