diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c
index 3ea9e055fdd3..92914539edc7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c
@@ -500,9 +500,6 @@ static int nes_netdev_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	 *		skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, skb_is_gso(skb));
 	 */
 
-	if (!netif_carrier_ok(netdev))
-		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-
 	if (netif_queue_stopped(netdev))
 		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;