diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 7f697a3f00a44..19383371a27d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ struct vxlan_fdb {
 
 /* salt for hash table */
 static u32 vxlan_salt __read_mostly;
-static struct workqueue_struct *vxlan_wq;
 
 static inline bool vxlan_collect_metadata(struct vxlan_sock *vs)
 {
@@ -1053,7 +1052,9 @@ static void __vxlan_sock_release(struct vxlan_sock *vs)
 	vxlan_notify_del_rx_port(vs);
 	spin_unlock(&vn->sock_lock);
 
-	queue_work(vxlan_wq, &vs->del_work);
+	synchronize_net();
+	udp_tunnel_sock_release(vs->sock);
+	kfree(vs);
 }
 
 static void vxlan_sock_release(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan)
@@ -2674,13 +2675,6 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops vxlan_ethtool_ops = {
 	.get_link	= ethtool_op_get_link,
 };
 
-static void vxlan_del_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct vxlan_sock *vs = container_of(work, struct vxlan_sock, del_work);
-	udp_tunnel_sock_release(vs->sock);
-	kfree_rcu(vs, rcu);
-}
-
 static struct socket *vxlan_create_sock(struct net *net, bool ipv6,
 					__be16 port, u32 flags)
 {
@@ -2726,8 +2720,6 @@ static struct vxlan_sock *vxlan_socket_create(struct net *net, bool ipv6,
 	for (h = 0; h < VNI_HASH_SIZE; ++h)
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&vs->vni_list[h]);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&vs->del_work, vxlan_del_work);
-
 	sock = vxlan_create_sock(net, ipv6, port, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(sock)) {
 		pr_info("Cannot bind port %d, err=%ld\n", ntohs(port),
@@ -3346,10 +3338,6 @@ static int __init vxlan_init_module(void)
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	vxlan_wq = alloc_workqueue("vxlan", 0, 0);
-	if (!vxlan_wq)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	get_random_bytes(&vxlan_salt, sizeof(vxlan_salt));
 
 	rc = register_pernet_subsys(&vxlan_net_ops);
@@ -3370,7 +3358,6 @@ static int __init vxlan_init_module(void)
 out2:
 	unregister_pernet_subsys(&vxlan_net_ops);
 out1:
-	destroy_workqueue(vxlan_wq);
 	return rc;
 }
 late_initcall(vxlan_init_module);
@@ -3379,7 +3366,6 @@ static void __exit vxlan_cleanup_module(void)
 {
 	rtnl_link_unregister(&vxlan_link_ops);
 	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&vxlan_notifier_block);
-	destroy_workqueue(vxlan_wq);
 	unregister_pernet_subsys(&vxlan_net_ops);
 	/* rcu_barrier() is called by netns */
 }
diff --git a/include/net/vxlan.h b/include/net/vxlan.h
index 2f168f0ea32c3..d442eb3129cde 100644
--- a/include/net/vxlan.h
+++ b/include/net/vxlan.h
@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@ struct vxlan_metadata {
 /* per UDP socket information */
 struct vxlan_sock {
 	struct hlist_node hlist;
-	struct work_struct del_work;
 	struct socket	 *sock;
-	struct rcu_head	  rcu;
 	struct hlist_head vni_list[VNI_HASH_SIZE];
 	atomic_t	  refcnt;
 	u32		  flags;