1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e2fcc5f10177..34b49a6a22fd 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1693,10 +1693,9 @@ int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
                  * If device doesnt need skb->dst, release it right now while
                  * its hot in this cpu cache
                  */
-                if ((dev->priv_flags & IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE) && skb->dst) {
-                        dst_release(skb->dst);
-                        skb->dst = NULL;
-                }
+                if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE)
+                        skb_dst_drop(skb);
+
                 rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
                 if (rc == 0)
                         txq_trans_update(txq);