diff --git a/Documentation/networking/msg_zerocopy.rst b/Documentation/networking/msg_zerocopy.rst
index 291a01264967..fe46d4867e2d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/msg_zerocopy.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/msg_zerocopy.rst
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ this flag, a process must first signal intent by setting a socket option:
 	if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ZEROCOPY, &one, sizeof(one)))
 		error(1, errno, "setsockopt zerocopy");
 
-Setting the socket option only works when the socket is in its initial
-(TCP_CLOSED) state.  Trying to set the option for a socket returned by accept(),
-for example, will lead to an EBUSY error. In this case, the option should be set
-to the listening socket and it will be inherited by the accepted sockets.
-
 Transmission
 ------------
 
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 27f218bba43f..a8962d912895 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1052,8 +1052,6 @@ set_rcvbuf:
 		if (sk->sk_family == PF_INET || sk->sk_family == PF_INET6) {
 			if (sk->sk_protocol != IPPROTO_TCP)
 				ret = -ENOTSUPP;
-			else if (sk->sk_state != TCP_CLOSE)
-				ret = -EBUSY;
 		} else if (sk->sk_family != PF_RDS) {
 			ret = -ENOTSUPP;
 		}