diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/diag.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/diag.c
index 205fc837d9c0dd8e4ba987ad33f296310ee04192..d82a712b29eff06e6b94cb9c65df14be07283c00 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/diag.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/diag.c
@@ -1012,11 +1012,6 @@ static long hfi1_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dd->hfi1_snoop.snoop_lock, flags);
 
 	switch (cmd) {
-	case HFI1_SNOOP_IOCSETLINKSTATE:
-		snoop_dbg("HFI1_SNOOP_IOCSETLINKSTATE is not valid");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		break;
-
 	case HFI1_SNOOP_IOCSETLINKSTATE_EXTRA:
 		memset(&link_info, 0, sizeof(link_info));