diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 0aecea12c4eb..0af4de0ae263 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -1901,36 +1901,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *xfrm_policy_netlink(struct sk_buff *in_skb,
 	return skb;
 }
 
-static int xfrm_notify_userpolicy(struct net *net)
-{
-	struct xfrm_userpolicy_default *up;
-	int len = NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(*up));
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
-
-	skb = nlmsg_new(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (skb == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, 0, 0, XFRM_MSG_GETDEFAULT, sizeof(*up), 0);
-	if (nlh == NULL) {
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return -EMSGSIZE;
-	}
-
-	up = nlmsg_data(nlh);
-	up->in = net->xfrm.policy_default & XFRM_POL_DEFAULT_IN ?
-			XFRM_USERPOLICY_BLOCK : XFRM_USERPOLICY_ACCEPT;
-	up->fwd = net->xfrm.policy_default & XFRM_POL_DEFAULT_FWD ?
-			XFRM_USERPOLICY_BLOCK : XFRM_USERPOLICY_ACCEPT;
-	up->out = net->xfrm.policy_default & XFRM_POL_DEFAULT_OUT ?
-			XFRM_USERPOLICY_BLOCK : XFRM_USERPOLICY_ACCEPT;
-
-	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
-
-	return xfrm_nlmsg_multicast(net, skb, 0, XFRMNLGRP_POLICY);
-}
-
 static int xfrm_set_default(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 			    struct nlattr **attrs)
 {
@@ -1954,7 +1924,6 @@ static int xfrm_set_default(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	rt_genid_bump_all(net);
 
-	xfrm_notify_userpolicy(net);
 	return 0;
 }