diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
index b5a8aa4c1ebd6d..d042d32beb4df0 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
@@ -307,12 +307,6 @@ int mptcp_nl_cmd_sf_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		goto create_err;
 	}
 
-	if (addr_l.id == 0) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(info->extack, laddr, "missing local addr id");
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto create_err;
-	}
-
 	err = mptcp_pm_parse_addr(raddr, info, &addr_r);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(info->extack, raddr, "error parsing remote addr");