diff --git a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
index 947b8ff0227e..cdaef54d48be 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
@@ -383,8 +383,6 @@ static int xdp_umem_reg(struct xdp_umem *umem, struct xdp_umem_reg *mr)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	headroom = ALIGN(headroom, 64);
-
 	size_chk = chunk_size - headroom - XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM;
 	if (size_chk < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;