diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index 5e0b43283bce2c4f5251e5c5db982ca679526d07..277e6827d7cd9fd60cde3ae43d2f7873c791b968 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static void pppoe_flush_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 			lock_sock(sk);
 
 			if (po->pppoe_dev == dev &&
-			    sk->sk_state & (PPPOX_CONNECTED | PPPOX_BOUND | PPPOX_ZOMBIE)) {
+			    sk->sk_state & (PPPOX_CONNECTED | PPPOX_BOUND)) {
 				pppox_unbind_sock(sk);
 				sk->sk_state_change(sk);
 				po->pppoe_dev = NULL;
@@ -500,27 +500,9 @@ static int pppoe_disc_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	pn = pppoe_pernet(dev_net(dev));
 	po = get_item(pn, ph->sid, eth_hdr(skb)->h_source, dev->ifindex);
-	if (po) {
-		struct sock *sk = sk_pppox(po);
-
-		bh_lock_sock(sk);
-
-		/* If the user has locked the socket, just ignore
-		 * the packet.  With the way two rcv protocols hook into
-		 * one socket family type, we cannot (easily) distinguish
-		 * what kind of SKB it is during backlog rcv.
-		 */
-		if (sock_owned_by_user(sk) == 0) {
-			/* We're no longer connect at the PPPOE layer,
-			 * and must wait for ppp channel to disconnect us.
-			 */
-			sk->sk_state = PPPOX_ZOMBIE;
-		}
-
-		bh_unlock_sock(sk);
+	if (po)
 		if (!schedule_work(&po->proto.pppoe.padt_work))
-			sock_put(sk);
-	}
+			sock_put(sk_pppox(po));
 
 abort:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -793,7 +775,7 @@ static int pppoe_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd,
 		struct pppox_sock *relay_po;
 
 		err = -EBUSY;
-		if (sk->sk_state & (PPPOX_BOUND | PPPOX_ZOMBIE | PPPOX_DEAD))
+		if (sk->sk_state & (PPPOX_BOUND | PPPOX_DEAD))
 			break;
 
 		err = -ENOTCONN;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppox.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppox.c
index 0e1b30622477b17b6fd038709eb11c763039fb87..0200de74eebc331370e2e1021bc44fd7937a5149 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppox.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppox.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void pppox_unbind_sock(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	/* Clear connection to ppp device, if attached. */
 
-	if (sk->sk_state & (PPPOX_BOUND | PPPOX_CONNECTED | PPPOX_ZOMBIE)) {
+	if (sk->sk_state & (PPPOX_BOUND | PPPOX_CONNECTED)) {
 		ppp_unregister_channel(&pppox_sk(sk)->chan);
 		sk->sk_state = PPPOX_DEAD;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/if_pppox.h b/include/linux/if_pppox.h
index b49cf923becc2405b3d99ef6f88e5a524423e7a3..ba7a9b0c7c57e64ef794a55f62330705adbe7267 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_pppox.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_pppox.h
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ enum {
     PPPOX_CONNECTED	= 1,  /* connection established ==TCP_ESTABLISHED */
     PPPOX_BOUND		= 2,  /* bound to ppp device */
     PPPOX_RELAY		= 4,  /* forwarding is enabled */
-    PPPOX_ZOMBIE	= 8,  /* dead, but still bound to ppp device */
     PPPOX_DEAD		= 16  /* dead, useless, please clean me up!*/
 };