diff --git a/include/net/rpl.h b/include/net/rpl.h
index 30fe780d1e7c..74734191c458 100644
--- a/include/net/rpl.h
+++ b/include/net/rpl.h
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ static inline int rpl_init(void)
 static inline void rpl_exit(void) {}
 #endif
 
-size_t ipv6_rpl_srh_size(unsigned char n, unsigned char cmpri,
-			 unsigned char cmpre);
-
 void ipv6_rpl_srh_decompress(struct ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr *outhdr,
 			     const struct ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr *inhdr,
 			     const struct in6_addr *daddr, unsigned char n);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
index a543df57801f..65adc11b59aa 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
@@ -517,11 +517,7 @@ looped_back:
 
 			skb_postpull_rcsum(skb, skb_network_header(skb),
 					   skb_network_header_len(skb));
-
-			if (!pskb_pull(skb, offset)) {
-				kfree_skb(skb);
-				return -1;
-			}
+			skb_pull(skb, offset);
 			skb_postpull_rcsum(skb, skb_transport_header(skb),
 					   offset);
 
@@ -543,11 +539,6 @@ looped_back:
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*hdr))) {
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	n = (hdr->hdrlen << 3) - hdr->pad - (16 - hdr->cmpre);
 	r = do_div(n, (16 - hdr->cmpri));
 	/* checks if calculation was without remainder and n fits into
@@ -567,12 +558,6 @@ looped_back:
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, ipv6_rpl_srh_size(n, hdr->cmpri,
-						  hdr->cmpre))) {
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	hdr->segments_left--;
 	i = n - hdr->segments_left;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/rpl.c b/net/ipv6/rpl.c
index d1876f192225..e186998bfbf7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/rpl.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/rpl.c
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@ static void *ipv6_rpl_segdata_pos(const struct ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr *hdr, int i)
 	return (void *)&hdr->rpl_segdata[i * IPV6_PFXTAIL_LEN(hdr->cmpri)];
 }
 
-size_t ipv6_rpl_srh_size(unsigned char n, unsigned char cmpri,
-			 unsigned char cmpre)
-{
-	return sizeof(struct ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr) + (n * IPV6_PFXTAIL_LEN(cmpri)) +
-		IPV6_PFXTAIL_LEN(cmpre);
-}
-
 void ipv6_rpl_srh_decompress(struct ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr *outhdr,
 			     const struct ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr *inhdr,
 			     const struct in6_addr *daddr, unsigned char n)