diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index 5e0b43283bce2c4f5251e5c5db982ca679526d07..1dedfbf1d423fdb7aac8aabd99c4fcd98a8a3360 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -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);