diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index af0558b00c6c..060256cbf4f3 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2884,11 +2884,7 @@ void netdev_rx_csum_fault(struct net_device *dev)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_rx_csum_fault);
 #endif
 
-/* Actually, we should eliminate this check as soon as we know, that:
- * 1. IOMMU is present and allows to map all the memory.
- * 2. No high memory really exists on this machine.
- */
-
+/* XXX: check that highmem exists at all on the given machine. */
 static int illegal_highdma(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
@@ -2902,20 +2898,6 @@ static int illegal_highdma(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 				return 1;
 		}
 	}
-
-	if (PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS) {
-		struct device *pdev = dev->dev.parent;
-
-		if (!pdev)
-			return 0;
-		for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) {
-			skb_frag_t *frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
-			dma_addr_t addr = page_to_phys(skb_frag_page(frag));
-
-			if (!pdev->dma_mask || addr + PAGE_SIZE - 1 > *pdev->dma_mask)
-				return 1;
-		}
-	}
 #endif
 	return 0;
 }