diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 9356cdb250d9..eb81bd20de83 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1232,12 +1232,6 @@ set_sndbuf:
 		__sock_set_mark(sk, val);
 		break;
 	case SO_RCVMARK:
-		if (!ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW) &&
-		    !ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
-			ret = -EPERM;
-			break;
-		}
-
 		sock_valbool_flag(sk, SOCK_RCVMARK, valbool);
 		break;