diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index dddb866d8807..ae79df28174e 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3333,11 +3333,6 @@ static inline bool dev_validate_header(const struct net_device *dev,
 	if (len < dev->min_header_len)
 		return false;
 
-	if (capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) {
-		memset(ll_header + len, 0, dev->hard_header_len - len);
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	if (dev->header_ops && dev->header_ops->validate)
 		return dev->header_ops->validate(ll_header, len);