diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6bf217da9d8f..ccf97f9f37eb 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1341,9 +1341,6 @@ static void dev_queue_xmit_nit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 void __netif_schedule(struct Qdisc *q)
 {
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(q == &noop_qdisc))
-		return;
-
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(__QDISC_STATE_SCHED, &q->state)) {
 		struct softnet_data *sd;
 		unsigned long flags;