diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
index 5ad2d8ed3a3fe2..57bbb060faaf83 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
@@ -505,8 +505,6 @@ int ip_recv_error(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int len, int *addr_len)
 	int err;
 	int copied;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(sk->sk_family == AF_INET6);
-
 	err = -EAGAIN;
 	skb = sock_dequeue_err_skb(sk);
 	if (!skb)