diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index d65846aa8059..c3a4214dc958 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -851,7 +851,6 @@ static int ctnetlink_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 }
 
 struct ctnetlink_filter {
-	u_int32_t cta_flags;
 	u8 family;
 
 	u_int32_t orig_flags;
@@ -906,10 +905,6 @@ static int ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter(const struct nlattr * const cda[],
 					 struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone,
 					 u_int32_t flags);
 
-/* applied on filters */
-#define CTA_FILTER_F_CTA_MARK			(1 << 0)
-#define CTA_FILTER_F_CTA_MARK_MASK		(1 << 1)
-
 static struct ctnetlink_filter *
 ctnetlink_alloc_filter(const struct nlattr * const cda[], u8 family)
 {
@@ -930,14 +925,10 @@ ctnetlink_alloc_filter(const struct nlattr * const cda[], u8 family)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
 	if (cda[CTA_MARK]) {
 		filter->mark.val = ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_MARK]));
-		filter->cta_flags |= CTA_FILTER_FLAG(CTA_MARK);
-
-		if (cda[CTA_MARK_MASK]) {
+		if (cda[CTA_MARK_MASK])
 			filter->mark.mask = ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_MARK_MASK]));
-			filter->cta_flags |= CTA_FILTER_FLAG(CTA_MARK_MASK);
-		} else {
+		else
 			filter->mark.mask = 0xffffffff;
-		}
 	} else if (cda[CTA_MARK_MASK]) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_filter;
@@ -1117,11 +1108,7 @@ static int ctnetlink_filter_match(struct nf_conn *ct, void *data)
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
-	if ((filter->cta_flags & CTA_FILTER_FLAG(CTA_MARK_MASK)) &&
-	    (ct->mark & filter->mark.mask) != filter->mark.val)
-		goto ignore_entry;
-	else if ((filter->cta_flags & CTA_FILTER_FLAG(CTA_MARK)) &&
-		 ct->mark != filter->mark.val)
+	if ((ct->mark & filter->mark.mask) != filter->mark.val)
 		goto ignore_entry;
 #endif