diff --git a/drivers/net/nlmon.c b/drivers/net/nlmon.c
index 7b7c70e2341e..2de7faee9b19 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nlmon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nlmon.c
@@ -27,24 +27,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t nlmon_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
-static int nlmon_is_valid_mtu(int new_mtu)
-{
-	/* Note that in netlink we do not really have an upper limit. On
-	 * default, we use NLMSG_GOODSIZE. Here at least we should make
-	 * sure that it's at least the header size.
-	 */
-	return new_mtu >= (int) sizeof(struct nlmsghdr);
-}
-
-static int nlmon_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
-{
-	if (!nlmon_is_valid_mtu(new_mtu))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	dev->mtu = new_mtu;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int nlmon_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	dev->lstats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct pcpu_lstats);
@@ -124,7 +106,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops nlmon_ops = {
 	.ndo_stop = nlmon_close,
 	.ndo_start_xmit = nlmon_xmit,
 	.ndo_get_stats64 = nlmon_get_stats64,
-	.ndo_change_mtu = nlmon_change_mtu,
 };
 
 static void nlmon_setup(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -145,6 +126,7 @@ static void nlmon_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	 * expected in most cases.
 	 */
 	dev->mtu = NLMSG_GOODSIZE;
+	dev->min_mtu = sizeof(struct nlmsghdr);
 }
 
 static int nlmon_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])