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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/sungem.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/sungem.c b/drivers/net/sungem.c
index e0dfdd246470..305ec3d783db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sungem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sungem.c
@@ -2852,9 +2852,7 @@ static int gem_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
break;
case SIOCSMIIREG: /* Write MII PHY register. */
- if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
- rc = -EPERM;
- else if (!gp->running)
+ if (!gp->running)
rc = -EAGAIN;
else {
__phy_write(gp, data->phy_id & 0x1f, data->reg_num & 0x1f,