diff --git a/net/tls/tls_device.c b/net/tls/tls_device.c
index aa33e4accc32..07650446e892 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_device.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_device.c
@@ -939,12 +939,6 @@ void tls_device_offload_cleanup_rx(struct sock *sk)
 	if (!netdev)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!(netdev->features & NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RX)) {
-		pr_err_ratelimited("%s: device is missing NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RX cap\n",
-				   __func__);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	netdev->tlsdev_ops->tls_dev_del(netdev, tls_ctx,
 					TLS_OFFLOAD_CTX_DIR_RX);