diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.c b/net/tipc/msg.c
index 03e57bf92c732b8d278fbf1bcfb0491b23f6ac34..83d50967910c6a61bf276742aeee957959796406 100644
--- a/net/tipc/msg.c
+++ b/net/tipc/msg.c
@@ -61,10 +61,8 @@ void tipc_msg_init(struct tipc_msg *m, u32 user, u32 type,
 	msg_set_size(m, hsize);
 	msg_set_prevnode(m, tipc_own_addr);
 	msg_set_type(m, type);
-	if (!msg_short(m)) {
-		msg_set_orignode(m, tipc_own_addr);
-		msg_set_destnode(m, destnode);
-	}
+	msg_set_orignode(m, tipc_own_addr);
+	msg_set_destnode(m, destnode);
 }
 
 /**