diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index b70e915be66d..ef93f6c983f3 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -4121,7 +4121,6 @@ static int rtnetlink_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, voi
 	case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE:
 	case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER:
 	case NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS:
-	case NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER:
 	case NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN: