diff --git a/net/sched/act_bpf.c b/net/sched/act_bpf.c
index bfa870731e74db..78400defa79073 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_bpf.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_bpf.c
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ static int tcf_bpf(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *act,
 	int action, filter_res;
 	bool at_ingress = G_TC_AT(skb->tc_verd) & AT_INGRESS;
 
-	if (unlikely(!skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)))
-		return TC_ACT_UNSPEC;
-
 	tcf_lastuse_update(&prog->tcf_tm);
 	bstats_cpu_update(this_cpu_ptr(prog->common.cpu_bstats), skb);
 
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_bpf.c b/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
index 4742f415ee5b9d..1d92d4d3f222fd 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ static int cls_bpf_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tcf_proto *tp,
 	struct cls_bpf_prog *prog;
 	int ret = -1;
 
-	if (unlikely(!skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)))
-		return -1;
-
 	/* Needed here for accessing maps. */
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(prog, &head->plist, link) {