1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 704a5434f77d..75bc5b068a13 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2656,7 +2656,7 @@ struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_vlan(struct sk_buff *skb, netdev_features_t featur
         return skb;
 }
 
-static struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
         netdev_features_t features;
 
@@ -2719,10 +2719,6 @@ int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 {
         int rc = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
-        skb = validate_xmit_skb(skb, dev);
-        if (!skb)
-                return rc;
-
         if (likely(!skb->next))
                 return xmit_one(skb, dev, txq, false);