diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index a985d0b..a29d661 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 
 #define NUM_SEL_MNT_OPTS 5
 
-extern unsigned int policydb_loaded_version;
 extern int selinux_nlmsg_lookup(u16 sclass, u16 nlmsg_type, u32 *perm);
 extern struct security_operations *security_ops;
 
@@ -4714,10 +4713,7 @@
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (policydb_loaded_version >= POLICYDB_VERSION_NLCLASS)
-		err = selinux_nlmsg_perm(sk, skb);
-
-	return err;
+	return selinux_nlmsg_perm(sk, skb);
 }
 
 static int selinux_netlink_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, int capability)