diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
index 7a83e57ad3f1..bd55f0c31795 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
@@ -985,10 +985,8 @@ nfqnl_recv_verdict(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct net *net = sock_net(ctnl);
 	struct nfnl_queue_net *q = nfnl_queue_pernet(net);
 
-	queue = instance_lookup(q, queue_num);
-	if (!queue)
-		queue = verdict_instance_lookup(q, queue_num,
-						NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
+	queue = verdict_instance_lookup(q, queue_num,
+					NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
 	if (IS_ERR(queue))
 		return PTR_ERR(queue);