diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 1885a2fbad86232602bbe8aeb99afd9071eb8b98..0f4e144e0bb39a80a76150964a898969aa3e2c08 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -931,10 +931,8 @@ void fib_add_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
 				  prefix, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, prim,
 				  ifa->ifa_rt_priority);
 
-		/* Add network specific broadcasts, when it takes a sense */
+		/* Add the network broadcast address, when it makes sense */
 		if (ifa->ifa_prefixlen < 31) {
-			fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, prefix, 32,
-				  prim, 0);
 			fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, prefix | ~mask,
 				  32, prim, 0);
 			arp_invalidate(dev, prefix | ~mask, false);