diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
index 24c7c96..91180a7 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
@@ -1117,8 +1117,6 @@
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (tmp.num_counters >= INT_MAX / sizeof(struct ebt_counter))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (tmp.num_counters == 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
 
 	tmp.name[sizeof(tmp.name) - 1] = 0;
 
@@ -2161,8 +2159,6 @@
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (tmp.num_counters >= INT_MAX / sizeof(struct ebt_counter))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (tmp.num_counters == 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
 
 	memcpy(repl, &tmp, offsetof(struct ebt_replace, hook_entry));