diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 0840543fc245..84ad50218255 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1249,9 +1249,6 @@ static int tcp_v6_do_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		return tcp_v4_do_rcv(sk, skb);
 
-	if (tcp_filter(sk, skb))
-		goto discard;
-
 	/*
 	 *	socket locking is here for SMP purposes as backlog rcv
 	 *	is currently called with bh processing disabled.