diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9bb8f87..99e1d75 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1617,10 +1617,14 @@
 		return NET_RX_DROP;
 	}
 	skb->skb_iif = 0;
-	skb_set_dev(skb, dev);
+	skb->dev = dev;
+	skb_dst_drop(skb);
 	skb->tstamp.tv64 = 0;
 	skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
 	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
+	skb->mark = 0;
+	secpath_reset(skb);
+	nf_reset(skb);
 	return netif_rx(skb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_forward_skb);
@@ -1869,36 +1873,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_device_attach);
 
-/**
- * skb_dev_set -- assign a new device to a buffer
- * @skb: buffer for the new device
- * @dev: network device
- *
- * If an skb is owned by a device already, we have to reset
- * all data private to the namespace a device belongs to
- * before assigning it a new device.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
-void skb_set_dev(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	skb_dst_drop(skb);
-	if (skb->dev && !net_eq(dev_net(skb->dev), dev_net(dev))) {
-		secpath_reset(skb);
-		nf_reset(skb);
-		skb_init_secmark(skb);
-		skb->mark = 0;
-		skb->priority = 0;
-		skb->nf_trace = 0;
-		skb->ipvs_property = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_SCHED
-		skb->tc_index = 0;
-#endif
-	}
-	skb->dev = dev;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_set_dev);
-#endif /* CONFIG_NET_NS */
-
 static void skb_warn_bad_offload(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	static const netdev_features_t null_features = 0;