diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7e00a7342ee6..ba3b7ea5ebb3 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4996,7 +4996,7 @@ static void dev_change_rx_flags(struct net_device *dev, int flags)
 {
 	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
 
-	if ((dev->flags & IFF_UP) && ops->ndo_change_rx_flags)
+	if (ops->ndo_change_rx_flags)
 		ops->ndo_change_rx_flags(dev, flags);
 }