diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c8f5ea9..431998d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -226,12 +226,6 @@
 *******************************************************************************/
 
 /*
- *	For efficiency
- */
-
-static int netdev_nit;
-
-/*
  *	Add a protocol ID to the list. Now that the input handler is
  *	smarter we can dispense with all the messy stuff that used to be
  *	here.
@@ -265,10 +259,9 @@
 	int hash;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&ptype_lock);
-	if (pt->type == htons(ETH_P_ALL)) {
-		netdev_nit++;
+	if (pt->type == htons(ETH_P_ALL))
 		list_add_rcu(&pt->list, &ptype_all);
-	} else {
+	else {
 		hash = ntohs(pt->type) & 15;
 		list_add_rcu(&pt->list, &ptype_base[hash]);
 	}
@@ -295,10 +288,9 @@
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&ptype_lock);
 
-	if (pt->type == htons(ETH_P_ALL)) {
-		netdev_nit--;
+	if (pt->type == htons(ETH_P_ALL))
 		head = &ptype_all;
-	} else
+	else
 		head = &ptype_base[ntohs(pt->type) & 15];
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pt1, head, list) {
@@ -1330,7 +1322,7 @@
 int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	if (likely(!skb->next)) {
-		if (netdev_nit)
+		if (!list_empty(&ptype_all))
 			dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, dev);
 
 		if (netif_needs_gso(dev, skb)) {