diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c
index dbbf8c6c16d3..a462c2fc6f31 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c
@@ -472,9 +472,6 @@ static int siw_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
 
 	dev_dbg(&netdev->dev, "siw: event %lu\n", event);
 
-	if (dev_net(netdev) != &init_net)
-		return NOTIFY_OK;
-
 	base_dev = ib_device_get_by_netdev(netdev, RDMA_DRIVER_SIW);
 	if (!base_dev)
 		return NOTIFY_OK;