diff --git a/net/tls/tls_main.c b/net/tls/tls_main.c
index fbb274287aa5..8bdb78718a8d 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_main.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_main.c
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ int tls_push_sg(struct sock *sk,
 
 	ctx->splicing_pages = true;
 	while (1) {
-		/* is sending application-limited? */
-		tcp_rate_check_app_limited(sk);
 		p = sg_page(sg);
 retry:
 		bvec_set_page(&bvec, p, size, offset);