diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 322b5eae57dd..da7a13c97eb8 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -262,8 +262,6 @@ enum netdev_state_t
 	__LINK_STATE_LINKWATCH_PENDING,
 	__LINK_STATE_DORMANT,
 	__LINK_STATE_QDISC_RUNNING,
-	/* Set by the netpoll NAPI code */
-	__LINK_STATE_POLL_LIST_FROZEN,
 };
 
 
@@ -1022,14 +1020,6 @@ static inline void netif_rx_complete(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
-	/* Prevent race with netpoll - yes, this is a kludge.
-	 * But at least it doesn't penalize the non-netpoll
-	 * code path. */
-	if (test_bit(__LINK_STATE_POLL_LIST_FROZEN, &dev->state))
-		return;
-#endif
-
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	__netif_rx_complete(dev);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index d1264e9a50a8..de1b26aa5720 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -124,13 +124,6 @@ static void poll_napi(struct netpoll *np)
 	if (test_bit(__LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED, &np->dev->state) &&
 	    npinfo->poll_owner != smp_processor_id() &&
 	    spin_trylock(&npinfo->poll_lock)) {
-		/* When calling dev->poll from poll_napi, we may end up in
-		 * netif_rx_complete. However, only the CPU to which the
-		 * device was queued is allowed to remove it from poll_list.
-		 * Setting POLL_LIST_FROZEN tells netif_rx_complete
-		 * to leave the NAPI state alone.
-		 */
-		set_bit(__LINK_STATE_POLL_LIST_FROZEN, &np->dev->state);
 		npinfo->rx_flags |= NETPOLL_RX_DROP;
 		atomic_inc(&trapped);
 
@@ -138,7 +131,6 @@ static void poll_napi(struct netpoll *np)
 
 		atomic_dec(&trapped);
 		npinfo->rx_flags &= ~NETPOLL_RX_DROP;
-		clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_POLL_LIST_FROZEN, &np->dev->state);
 		spin_unlock(&npinfo->poll_lock);
 	}
 }