diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index af09a23e4822..aa4a00d381e3 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1477,9 +1477,6 @@ int sock_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 	{
 		u32 meminfo[SK_MEMINFO_VARS];
 
-		if (get_user(len, optlen))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
 		sk_get_meminfo(sk, meminfo);
 
 		len = min_t(unsigned int, len, sizeof(meminfo));