diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index d91fda8257bc..795824b263f2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -217,9 +217,8 @@ static int ip_finish_output_gso(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct sk_buff *segs;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	/* common case: locally created skb or seglen is <= mtu */
-	if (((IPCB(skb)->flags & IPSKB_FORWARDED) == 0) ||
-	      skb_gso_network_seglen(skb) <= ip_skb_dst_mtu(skb))
+	/* common case: seglen is <= mtu */
+	if (skb_gso_network_seglen(skb) <= ip_skb_dst_mtu(skb))
 		return ip_finish_output2(skb);
 
 	/* Slowpath -  GSO segment length is exceeding the dst MTU.