diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
index a2fc118e7ec1..d81440038f91 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
@@ -366,18 +366,10 @@ static int rxe_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt)
 	rxe_get(pkt->qp);
 	atomic_inc(&pkt->qp->skb_out);
 
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		err = ip_local_out(dev_net(skb_dst(skb)->dev), skb->sk, skb);
-	} else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
+	else
 		err = ip6_local_out(dev_net(skb_dst(skb)->dev), skb->sk, skb);
-	} else {
-		rxe_dbg_qp(pkt->qp, "Unknown layer 3 protocol: %d\n",
-				skb->protocol);
-		atomic_dec(&pkt->qp->skb_out);
-		rxe_put(pkt->qp);
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	if (unlikely(net_xmit_eval(err))) {
 		rxe_dbg_qp(pkt->qp, "error sending packet: %d\n", err);