diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c
index 9811a456fb5..9f078709195 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c
@@ -497,8 +497,7 @@ ipq_rcv_nl_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 {
 	struct netlink_notify *n = ptr;
 
-	if (event == NETLINK_URELEASE &&
-	    n->protocol == NETLINK_FIREWALL && n->pid) {
+	if (event == NETLINK_URELEASE && n->protocol == NETLINK_FIREWALL) {
 		write_lock_bh(&queue_lock);
 		if ((n->net == &init_net) && (n->pid == peer_pid))
 			__ipq_reset();
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c
index a82016fd5d6..47a3623e711 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c
@@ -499,8 +499,7 @@ ipq_rcv_nl_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 {
 	struct netlink_notify *n = ptr;
 
-	if (event == NETLINK_URELEASE &&
-	    n->protocol == NETLINK_IP6_FW && n->pid) {
+	if (event == NETLINK_URELEASE && n->protocol == NETLINK_IP6_FW) {
 		write_lock_bh(&queue_lock);
 		if ((n->net == &init_net) && (n->pid == peer_pid))
 			__ipq_reset();
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
index f900dc3194a..3aa66b2f9e8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -666,8 +666,7 @@ nfulnl_rcv_nl_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 {
 	struct netlink_notify *n = ptr;
 
-	if (event == NETLINK_URELEASE &&
-	    n->protocol == NETLINK_NETFILTER && n->pid) {
+	if (event == NETLINK_URELEASE && n->protocol == NETLINK_NETFILTER) {
 		int i;
 
 		/* destroy all instances for this pid */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index 7a9dec9fb82..7e3fa410641 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -574,8 +574,7 @@ nfqnl_rcv_nl_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 {
 	struct netlink_notify *n = ptr;
 
-	if (event == NETLINK_URELEASE &&
-	    n->protocol == NETLINK_NETFILTER && n->pid) {
+	if (event == NETLINK_URELEASE && n->protocol == NETLINK_NETFILTER) {
 		int i;
 
 		/* destroy all instances for this pid */