diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 76ef4353d518..2712ab22a174 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -610,8 +610,6 @@ void ndisc_send_rs(struct net_device *dev, const struct in6_addr *saddr,
 		}
 	}
 #endif
-	if (!dev->addr_len)
-		send_sllao = 0;
 	if (send_sllao)
 		optlen += ndisc_opt_addr_space(dev);