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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c2
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
index 24ae671e4cb2..8a95234d419c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
@@ -2225,8 +2225,6 @@ static int emac_ioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
return 0;
case SIOCSMIIREG:
- if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
emac_mdio_write(ndev, dev->phy.address, data[1], data[2]);
return 0;
default: