diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
index 560fbe6e3f75..b4f0b5fdf1f2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
@@ -396,9 +396,6 @@ static int __nft_rbtree_insert(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
 			const struct nft_rbtree_elem *removed_end;
 
 			removed_end = nft_rbtree_gc_elem(set, priv, rbe);
-			if (IS_ERR(removed_end))
-				return PTR_ERR(removed_end);
-
 			if (removed_end == rbe_le || removed_end == rbe_ge)
 				return -EAGAIN;