diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 96e5b23a2a2e..fd593a86fa76 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2906,42 +2906,6 @@ static int compat_ifr_data_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd,
 	return dev_ioctl(net, cmd, u_ifreq64);
 }
 
-static int dev_ifsioc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
-			 unsigned int cmd, struct compat_ifreq __user *uifr32)
-{
-	struct ifreq __user *uifr;
-	int err;
-
-	uifr = compat_alloc_user_space(sizeof(*uifr));
-	if (copy_in_user(uifr, uifr32, sizeof(*uifr32)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	err = sock_do_ioctl(net, sock, cmd, (unsigned long)uifr);
-
-	if (!err) {
-		switch (cmd) {
-		case SIOCGIFFLAGS:
-		case SIOCGIFMETRIC:
-		case SIOCGIFMTU:
-		case SIOCGIFMEM:
-		case SIOCGIFHWADDR:
-		case SIOCGIFINDEX:
-		case SIOCGIFADDR:
-		case SIOCGIFBRDADDR:
-		case SIOCGIFDSTADDR:
-		case SIOCGIFNETMASK:
-		case SIOCGIFPFLAGS:
-		case SIOCGIFTXQLEN:
-		case SIOCGMIIPHY:
-		case SIOCGMIIREG:
-			if (copy_in_user(uifr32, uifr, sizeof(*uifr32)))
-				err = -EFAULT;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	return err;
-}
-
 static int compat_sioc_ifmap(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd,
 			struct compat_ifreq __user *uifr32)
 {
@@ -3172,8 +3136,6 @@ static int compat_sock_ioctl_trans(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
 	case SIOCGMIIPHY:
 	case SIOCGMIIREG:
 	case SIOCSMIIREG:
-		return dev_ifsioc(net, sock, cmd, argp);
-
 	case SIOCSARP:
 	case SIOCGARP:
 	case SIOCDARP: