diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index af752fc5d0ab..dfae59bfaa2c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -446,9 +446,6 @@ static int inet_rtm_deladdr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-	if (net != &init_net)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	err = nlmsg_parse(nlh, sizeof(*ifm), tb, IFA_MAX, ifa_ipv4_policy);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto errout;
@@ -560,9 +557,6 @@ static int inet_rtm_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-	if (net != &init_net)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	ifa = rtm_to_ifaddr(net, nlh);
 	if (IS_ERR(ifa))
 		return PTR_ERR(ifa);
@@ -1170,9 +1164,6 @@ static int inet_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	struct in_ifaddr *ifa;
 	int s_ip_idx, s_idx = cb->args[0];
 
-	if (net != &init_net)
-		return 0;
-
 	s_ip_idx = ip_idx = cb->args[1];
 	idx = 0;
 	for_each_netdev(net, dev) {