diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
index b6466e71f5e1..858ca23aa6dc 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
@@ -393,11 +393,6 @@ static int l2tp_ip_backlog_recv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!xfrm4_policy_check(sk, XFRM_POLICY_IN, skb))
-		goto drop;
-
-	nf_reset(skb);
-
 	/* Charge it to the socket, dropping if the queue is full. */
 	rc = sock_queue_rcv_skb(sk, skb);
 	if (rc < 0)