diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 4354b4307e37ab8ea87d8ecf3dfb2ccadeb220fe..9f5d293a028118007d1fbe9fc1dff40dc4b94f1f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1911,7 +1911,6 @@ struct packet_type {
 struct offload_callbacks {
 	struct sk_buff		*(*gso_segment)(struct sk_buff *skb,
 						netdev_features_t features);
-	int			(*gso_send_check)(struct sk_buff *skb);
 	struct sk_buff		**(*gro_receive)(struct sk_buff **head,
 					       struct sk_buff *skb);
 	int			(*gro_complete)(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhoff);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index db0388607329e71bb40230196c37d63faddc3ad2..e2ced01c01e4d58f8c53c7e67f98ad6648a8ea59 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2422,16 +2422,6 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_mac_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ptype, &offload_base, list) {
 		if (ptype->type == type && ptype->callbacks.gso_segment) {
-			if (unlikely(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)) {
-				int err;
-
-				err = ptype->callbacks.gso_send_check(skb);
-				segs = ERR_PTR(err);
-				if (err || skb_gso_ok(skb, features))
-					break;
-				__skb_push(skb, (skb->data -
-						 skb_network_header(skb)));
-			}
 			segs = ptype->callbacks.gso_segment(skb, features);
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 72011cc4c13bb1301e193a65386dafb608f5c78d..28e589c5f32dd4c4e84f764dbb2f178134aa88bf 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -1197,40 +1197,6 @@ int inet_sk_rebuild_header(struct sock *sk)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_sk_rebuild_header);
 
-static int inet_gso_send_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	const struct net_offload *ops;
-	const struct iphdr *iph;
-	int proto;
-	int ihl;
-	int err = -EINVAL;
-
-	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*iph))))
-		goto out;
-
-	iph = ip_hdr(skb);
-	ihl = iph->ihl * 4;
-	if (ihl < sizeof(*iph))
-		goto out;
-
-	proto = iph->protocol;
-
-	/* Warning: after this point, iph might be no longer valid */
-	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, ihl)))
-		goto out;
-	__skb_pull(skb, ihl);
-
-	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
-	err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
-
-	ops = rcu_dereference(inet_offloads[proto]);
-	if (likely(ops && ops->callbacks.gso_send_check))
-		err = ops->callbacks.gso_send_check(skb);
-
-out:
-	return err;
-}
-
 static struct sk_buff *inet_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					netdev_features_t features)
 {
@@ -1655,7 +1621,6 @@ static int ipv4_proc_init(void);
 static struct packet_offload ip_packet_offload __read_mostly = {
 	.type = cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_IP),
 	.callbacks = {
-		.gso_send_check = inet_gso_send_check,
 		.gso_segment = inet_gso_segment,
 		.gro_receive = inet_gro_receive,
 		.gro_complete = inet_gro_complete,
@@ -1664,7 +1629,6 @@ static struct packet_offload ip_packet_offload __read_mostly = {
 
 static const struct net_offload ipip_offload = {
 	.callbacks = {
-		.gso_send_check = inet_gso_send_check,
 		.gso_segment	= inet_gso_segment,
 		.gro_receive	= inet_gro_receive,
 		.gro_complete	= inet_gro_complete,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c b/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c
index d3fe2ac05167230985e44a4cfc2150b279717dc0..a777295030716930a8ec6ef90f121f363f859683 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
 #include <net/protocol.h>
 #include <net/gre.h>
 
-static int gre_gso_send_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	if (!skb->encapsulation)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct sk_buff *gre_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       netdev_features_t features)
 {
@@ -46,6 +39,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *gre_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				  SKB_GSO_IPIP)))
 		goto out;
 
+	if (!skb->encapsulation)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*greh))))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -256,7 +252,6 @@ static int gre_gro_complete(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhoff)
 
 static const struct net_offload gre_offload = {
 	.callbacks = {
-		.gso_send_check = gre_gso_send_check,
 		.gso_segment = gre_gso_segment,
 		.gro_receive = gre_gro_receive,
 		.gro_complete = gre_gro_complete,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c
index 7cd12b0458ff1a531bcfbe0874f647e38ded5677..5b90f2f447a511703bbce1e22e8ef55888c43479 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c
@@ -288,11 +288,6 @@ int tcp_gro_complete(struct sk_buff *skb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_gro_complete);
 
-static int tcp_v4_gso_send_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct sk_buff **tcp4_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	/* Don't bother verifying checksum if we're going to flush anyway. */
@@ -320,7 +315,6 @@ static int tcp4_gro_complete(struct sk_buff *skb, int thoff)
 
 static const struct net_offload tcpv4_offload = {
 	.callbacks = {
-		.gso_send_check	=	tcp_v4_gso_send_check,
 		.gso_segment	=	tcp4_gso_segment,
 		.gro_receive	=	tcp4_gro_receive,
 		.gro_complete	=	tcp4_gro_complete,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c b/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
index 2918cc914824b34f4b30b908a84e930d5287079d..19ebe6a39ddcf37fc67e123a7e1f10cf3d6b7208 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ struct udp_offload_priv {
 	struct udp_offload_priv __rcu *next;
 };
 
-static int udp4_ufo_send_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 struct sk_buff *skb_udp_tunnel_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       netdev_features_t features)
 {
@@ -346,7 +341,6 @@ static int udp4_gro_complete(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhoff)
 
 static const struct net_offload udpv4_offload = {
 	.callbacks = {
-		.gso_send_check = udp4_ufo_send_check,
 		.gso_segment = udp4_ufo_fragment,
 		.gro_receive  =	udp4_gro_receive,
 		.gro_complete =	udp4_gro_complete,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
index 9952f3fce30a3257f9ea706d76d1ab83febe8c26..9034f76ae0138c4a201708ea15e28ba0b846247b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c
@@ -53,31 +53,6 @@ static int ipv6_gso_pull_exthdrs(struct sk_buff *skb, int proto)
 	return proto;
 }
 
-static int ipv6_gso_send_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	const struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h;
-	const struct net_offload *ops;
-	int err = -EINVAL;
-
-	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*ipv6h))))
-		goto out;
-
-	ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
-	__skb_pull(skb, sizeof(*ipv6h));
-	err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
-
-	ops = rcu_dereference(inet6_offloads[
-		ipv6_gso_pull_exthdrs(skb, ipv6h->nexthdr)]);
-
-	if (likely(ops && ops->callbacks.gso_send_check)) {
-		skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
-		err = ops->callbacks.gso_send_check(skb);
-	}
-
-out:
-	return err;
-}
-
 static struct sk_buff *ipv6_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	netdev_features_t features)
 {
@@ -306,7 +281,6 @@ static int ipv6_gro_complete(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhoff)
 static struct packet_offload ipv6_packet_offload __read_mostly = {
 	.type = cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_IPV6),
 	.callbacks = {
-		.gso_send_check = ipv6_gso_send_check,
 		.gso_segment = ipv6_gso_segment,
 		.gro_receive = ipv6_gro_receive,
 		.gro_complete = ipv6_gro_complete,
@@ -315,7 +289,6 @@ static struct packet_offload ipv6_packet_offload __read_mostly = {
 
 static const struct net_offload sit_offload = {
 	.callbacks = {
-		.gso_send_check = ipv6_gso_send_check,
 		.gso_segment	= ipv6_gso_segment,
 		.gro_receive	= ipv6_gro_receive,
 		.gro_complete	= ipv6_gro_complete,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c b/net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c
index 96253154db3a0d0fdae3da0440214ec8e0d14e1d..c1ab77105b4c3f8025beea58d06c3607eda44656 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 #include <net/ip6_checksum.h>
 #include "ip6_offload.h"
 
-static int tcp_v6_gso_send_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct sk_buff **tcp6_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 					 struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
@@ -71,7 +66,6 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp6_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 }
 static const struct net_offload tcpv6_offload = {
 	.callbacks = {
-		.gso_send_check	=	tcp_v6_gso_send_check,
 		.gso_segment	=	tcp6_gso_segment,
 		.gro_receive	=	tcp6_gro_receive,
 		.gro_complete	=	tcp6_gro_complete,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c b/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c
index e4af6437ea3baeabaeaa74af83be751455c0db66..212ebfc7973f2c4c2fa4f79a22bc9b6c0649f79a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 #include <net/ip6_checksum.h>
 #include "ip6_offload.h"
 
-static int udp6_ufo_send_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct sk_buff *udp6_ufo_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					 netdev_features_t features)
 {
@@ -166,7 +161,6 @@ static int udp6_gro_complete(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhoff)
 
 static const struct net_offload udpv6_offload = {
 	.callbacks = {
-		.gso_send_check =	udp6_ufo_send_check,
 		.gso_segment	=	udp6_ufo_fragment,
 		.gro_receive	=	udp6_gro_receive,
 		.gro_complete	=	udp6_gro_complete,
diff --git a/net/mpls/mpls_gso.c b/net/mpls/mpls_gso.c
index 6b38d083e1c973c55e18914748d49fe4968a7188..e28ed2ef5b0650faf5f3f0db950c319f4caa7c31 100644
--- a/net/mpls/mpls_gso.c
+++ b/net/mpls/mpls_gso.c
@@ -65,15 +65,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *mpls_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return segs;
 }
 
-static int mpls_gso_send_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct packet_offload mpls_mc_offload = {
 	.type = cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_MPLS_MC),
 	.callbacks = {
-		.gso_send_check =	mpls_gso_send_check,
 		.gso_segment    =	mpls_gso_segment,
 	},
 };
@@ -81,7 +75,6 @@ static struct packet_offload mpls_mc_offload = {
 static struct packet_offload mpls_uc_offload = {
 	.type = cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_MPLS_UC),
 	.callbacks = {
-		.gso_send_check =	mpls_gso_send_check,
 		.gso_segment    =	mpls_gso_segment,
 	},
 };