diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index ec4adbdcb9b4..daa0b818174b 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -3139,7 +3139,6 @@ static const struct rhashtable_params netlink_rhashtable_params = {
 	.key_len = netlink_compare_arg_len,
 	.obj_hashfn = netlink_hash,
 	.obj_cmpfn = netlink_compare,
-	.max_size = 65536,
 	.automatic_shrinking = true,
 };