diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 6bc2f78a5ebb..6fd6c717d1e3 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -4274,9 +4274,6 @@ static int rtnl_fdb_del(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	int err;
 	u16 vid;
 
-	if (!netlink_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	if (!del_bulk) {
 		err = nlmsg_parse_deprecated(nlh, sizeof(*ndm), tb, NDA_MAX,
 					     NULL, extack);