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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/pci-skeleton.c5
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/pci-skeleton.c b/drivers/net/pci-skeleton.c
index c47ba3610c58..0c44b48f1384 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pci-skeleton.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pci-skeleton.c
@@ -1784,11 +1784,6 @@ static int netdrv_ioctl (struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
break;
case SIOCSMIIREG: /* Write MII PHY register. */
- if (!capable (CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
- rc = -EPERM;
- break;
- }
-
spin_lock_irqsave (&tp->lock, flags);
mdio_write (dev, data->phy_id & 0x1f, data->reg_num & 0x1f, data->val_in);
spin_unlock_irqrestore (&tp->lock, flags);