diff --git a/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c b/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
index 9b60eda0f727..73fd593d3745 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
@@ -364,8 +364,7 @@ static long trie_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map,
 		matchlen = longest_prefix_match(trie, node, key);
 
 		if (node->prefixlen != matchlen ||
-		    node->prefixlen == key->prefixlen ||
-		    node->prefixlen == trie->max_prefixlen)
+		    node->prefixlen == key->prefixlen)
 			break;
 
 		next_bit = extract_bit(key->data, node->prefixlen);