diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3156df6..1a64508 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
  *	Device drivers call our routines to queue packets here. We empty the
  *	queue in the local softnet handler.
  */
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct softnet_data, softnet_data) = { 0, };
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct softnet_data, softnet_data) = { NULL };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 extern int netdev_sysfs_init(void);
@@ -1372,7 +1372,6 @@
 
 int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	int this_cpu;
 	struct softnet_data *queue;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -1388,15 +1387,11 @@
 	 * short when CPU is congested, but is still operating.
 	 */
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	queue = &__get_cpu_var(softnet_data);
 
 	__get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).total++;
 	if (queue->input_pkt_queue.qlen <= netdev_max_backlog) {
 		if (queue->input_pkt_queue.qlen) {
-			if (queue->throttle)
-				goto drop;
-
 enqueue:
 			dev_hold(skb->dev);
 			__skb_queue_tail(&queue->input_pkt_queue, skb);
@@ -1404,19 +1399,10 @@
 			return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 		}
 
-		if (queue->throttle)
-			queue->throttle = 0;
-
 		netif_rx_schedule(&queue->backlog_dev);
 		goto enqueue;
 	}
 
-	if (!queue->throttle) {
-		queue->throttle = 1;
-		__get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).throttled++;
-	}
-
-drop:
 	__get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).dropped++;
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
@@ -1701,8 +1687,6 @@
 	smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
 	netif_poll_enable(backlog_dev);
 
-	if (queue->throttle)
-		queue->throttle = 0;
 	local_irq_enable();
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1976,7 +1960,7 @@
 	struct netif_rx_stats *s = v;
 
 	seq_printf(seq, "%08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
-		   s->total, s->dropped, s->time_squeeze, s->throttled,
+		   s->total, s->dropped, s->time_squeeze, 0,
 		   0, 0, 0, 0, /* was fastroute */
 		   s->cpu_collision );
 	return 0;
@@ -3220,7 +3204,6 @@
 
 		queue = &per_cpu(softnet_data, i);
 		skb_queue_head_init(&queue->input_pkt_queue);
-		queue->throttle = 0;
 		queue->completion_queue = NULL;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->poll_list);
 		set_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &queue->backlog_dev.state);