diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9e26b8d9eafee..7c30dcecee1df 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2546,13 +2546,6 @@ int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		skb->next = nskb->next;
 		nskb->next = NULL;
 
-		/*
-		 * If device doesn't need nskb->dst, release it right now while
-		 * its hot in this cpu cache
-		 */
-		if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE)
-			skb_dst_drop(nskb);
-
 		if (!list_empty(&ptype_all))
 			dev_queue_xmit_nit(nskb, dev);