diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index cf999e09bcd2..72e899a3efda 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -365,11 +365,8 @@ void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name)
 	no_module = !dev;
 	if (no_module && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 		no_module = request_module("netdev-%s", name);
-	if (no_module && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
-		if (!request_module("%s", name))
-			pr_warn("Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-%s instead.\n",
-				name);
-	}
+	if (no_module && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE))
+		request_module("%s", name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_load);