diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index fb956989adaf47..86a0e4333d4221 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2307,9 +2307,6 @@ static void __ip6_rt_update_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst, const struct sock *sk,
 	const struct in6_addr *daddr, *saddr;
 	struct rt6_info *rt6 = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
 
-	if (rt6->rt6i_flags & RTF_LOCAL)
-		return;
-
 	if (dst_metric_locked(dst, RTAX_MTU))
 		return;