diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index 85aae8c84aebe7..789e66b0187a41 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -726,7 +726,6 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct llc_sock *llc = llc_sk(sk);
-	unsigned long cpu_flags;
 	size_t copied = 0;
 	u32 peek_seq = 0;
 	u32 *seq, skb_len;
@@ -851,9 +850,8 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 			goto copy_uaddr;
 
 		if (!(flags & MSG_PEEK)) {
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock, cpu_flags);
-			sk_eat_skb(sk, skb);
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock, cpu_flags);
+			skb_unlink(skb, &sk->sk_receive_queue);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 			*seq = 0;
 		}
 
@@ -874,9 +872,8 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 		llc_cmsg_rcv(msg, skb);
 
 	if (!(flags & MSG_PEEK)) {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock, cpu_flags);
-		sk_eat_skb(sk, skb);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock, cpu_flags);
+		skb_unlink(skb, &sk->sk_receive_queue);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		*seq = 0;
 	}