1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index a11cc5e5e0ae..43a515dc97b0 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -1145,11 +1145,8 @@ void tipc_rcv(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, struct tipc_bearer *b_ptr)
                 }
                 /* Synchronize with parallel link if applicable */
                 if (unlikely((l_ptr->flags & LINK_SYNCHING) && !msg_dup(msg))) {
-                        link_handle_out_of_seq_msg(l_ptr, skb);
-                        if (link_synch(l_ptr))
-                                link_retrieve_defq(l_ptr, &head);
-                        skb = NULL;
-                        goto unlock;
+                        if (!link_synch(l_ptr))
+                                goto unlock;
                 }
                 l_ptr->next_in_no++;
                 if (unlikely(!skb_queue_empty(&l_ptr->deferdq)))