diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index d0ba39537d5c..992a1f926009 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ static int tcp_v4_parse_md5_keys(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval,
 	if (sin->sin_family != AF_INET)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!cmd.tcpm_key || !cmd.tcpm_keylen)
+	if (!cmd.tcpm_keylen)
 		return tcp_md5_do_del(sk, (union tcp_md5_addr *)&sin->sin_addr.s_addr,
 				      AF_INET);