diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.c b/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.c
index 6c5971437826a7b5f0b365a956012257efaf373d..003c82fe8bd7d9b16398e5b4cc810ee215d349bf 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ static void nfc_llcp_socket_purge(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock)
 
 	skb_queue_purge(&sock->tx_queue);
 	skb_queue_purge(&sock->tx_pending_queue);
-	skb_queue_purge(&sock->tx_backlog_queue);
 
 	if (local == NULL)
 		return;
@@ -785,7 +784,7 @@ static void nfc_llcp_recv_ui(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
 	skb_pull(skb, LLCP_HEADER_SIZE);
 	if (sock_queue_rcv_skb(&llcp_sock->sk, skb)) {
 		pr_err("receive queue is full\n");
-		skb_queue_head(&llcp_sock->tx_backlog_queue, skb);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 	}
 
 	nfc_llcp_sock_put(llcp_sock);
@@ -980,7 +979,7 @@ static void nfc_llcp_recv_hdlc(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
 		skb_pull(skb, LLCP_HEADER_SIZE + LLCP_SEQUENCE_SIZE);
 		if (sock_queue_rcv_skb(&llcp_sock->sk, skb)) {
 			pr_err("receive queue is full\n");
-			skb_queue_head(&llcp_sock->tx_backlog_queue, skb);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.h b/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.h
index 0d62366f8cc3f0e8fe33761d0ec6cc3e45bda677..0eae5c5095047dcd449af0ddba8fd402f79f50e2 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.h
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.h
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ struct nfc_llcp_sock {
 
 	struct sk_buff_head tx_queue;
 	struct sk_buff_head tx_pending_queue;
-	struct sk_buff_head tx_backlog_queue;
 
 	struct list_head accept_queue;
 	struct sock *parent;
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c b/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c
index ba1900700958a4613b06a43c035e6feedbb8e898..12ec4879b4ba822bbd1609e37068ee67a008df55 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c
@@ -808,7 +808,6 @@ struct sock *nfc_llcp_sock_alloc(struct socket *sock, int type, gfp_t gfp)
 	llcp_sock->reserved_ssap = LLCP_SAP_MAX;
 	skb_queue_head_init(&llcp_sock->tx_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&llcp_sock->tx_pending_queue);
-	skb_queue_head_init(&llcp_sock->tx_backlog_queue);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&llcp_sock->accept_queue);
 
 	if (sock != NULL)
@@ -823,7 +822,6 @@ void nfc_llcp_sock_free(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock)
 
 	skb_queue_purge(&sock->tx_queue);
 	skb_queue_purge(&sock->tx_pending_queue);
-	skb_queue_purge(&sock->tx_backlog_queue);
 
 	list_del_init(&sock->accept_queue);