diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 0a4e91a2f873..0e0707296098 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2919,7 +2919,6 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi,
 }
 void napi_consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int budget);
 
-void __kfree_skb_flush(void);
 void __kfree_skb_defer(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ce6291bc2e16..631807c196ad 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4944,8 +4944,6 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_tx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 			else
 				__kfree_skb_defer(skb);
 		}
-
-		__kfree_skb_flush();
 	}
 
 	if (sd->output_queue) {
@@ -7012,7 +7010,6 @@ static int napi_threaded_poll(void *data)
 			__napi_poll(napi, &repoll);
 			netpoll_poll_unlock(have);
 
-			__kfree_skb_flush();
 			local_bh_enable();
 
 			if (!repoll)
@@ -7042,7 +7039,7 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_rx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 
 		if (list_empty(&list)) {
 			if (!sd_has_rps_ipi_waiting(sd) && list_empty(&repoll))
-				goto out;
+				return;
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -7069,8 +7066,6 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_rx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 		__raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_RX_SOFTIRQ);
 
 	net_rps_action_and_irq_enable(sd);
-out:
-	__kfree_skb_flush();
 }
 
 struct netdev_adjacent {
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 1c6f6ef70339..4be2bb969535 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -838,18 +838,6 @@ void __consume_stateless_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	kfree_skbmem(skb);
 }
 
-void __kfree_skb_flush(void)
-{
-	struct napi_alloc_cache *nc = this_cpu_ptr(&napi_alloc_cache);
-
-	/* flush skb_cache if containing objects */
-	if (nc->skb_count) {
-		kmem_cache_free_bulk(skbuff_head_cache, nc->skb_count,
-				     nc->skb_cache);
-		nc->skb_count = 0;
-	}
-}
-
 static inline void _kfree_skb_defer(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct napi_alloc_cache *nc = this_cpu_ptr(&napi_alloc_cache);