diff --git a/include/linux/rhashtable.h b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
index b54e24a08806cd272c93ba8286bf841659604ae5..f624d4b5045f1e6fbd4b7adaae3f5e1e462598c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/rhashtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ int rhashtable_init(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhashtable_params *params);
 
 void rhashtable_insert(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhash_head *node);
 bool rhashtable_remove(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhash_head *node);
-void rhashtable_remove_pprev(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhash_head *obj,
-			     struct rhash_head __rcu **pprev);
 
 bool rht_grow_above_75(const struct rhashtable *ht, size_t new_size);
 bool rht_shrink_below_30(const struct rhashtable *ht, size_t new_size);
diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index 0bd29c178910ba29115702337b6d09a71a98dd7f..e6b85c4a582891858f166503fb53e0fe002136be 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -344,32 +344,6 @@ void rhashtable_insert(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhash_head *obj)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_insert);
 
-/**
- * rhashtable_remove_pprev - remove object from hash table given previous element
- * @ht:		hash table
- * @obj:	pointer to hash head inside object
- * @pprev:	pointer to previous element
- *
- * Identical to rhashtable_remove() but caller is alreayd aware of the element
- * in front of the element to be deleted. This is in particular useful for
- * deletion when combined with walking or lookup.
- */
-void rhashtable_remove_pprev(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhash_head *obj,
-			     struct rhash_head __rcu **pprev)
-{
-	struct bucket_table *tbl = rht_dereference(ht->tbl, ht);
-
-	ASSERT_RHT_MUTEX(ht);
-
-	RCU_INIT_POINTER(*pprev, obj->next);
-	ht->nelems--;
-
-	if (ht->p.shrink_decision &&
-	    ht->p.shrink_decision(ht, tbl->size))
-		rhashtable_shrink(ht);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_remove_pprev);
-
 /**
  * rhashtable_remove - remove object from hash table
  * @ht:		hash table
@@ -403,7 +377,13 @@ bool rhashtable_remove(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhash_head *obj)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		rhashtable_remove_pprev(ht, he, pprev);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(*pprev, he->next);
+		ht->nelems--;
+
+		if (ht->p.shrink_decision &&
+		    ht->p.shrink_decision(ht, tbl->size))
+			rhashtable_shrink(ht);
+
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c b/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c
index d93f1f4c22a94a39e4851f7348dcc0dda06b5472..7f903cf9a1b99ecebd5d735d095336fa94ec0ef2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c
@@ -83,15 +83,10 @@ static void nft_hash_remove(const struct nft_set *set,
 			    const struct nft_set_elem *elem)
 {
 	struct rhashtable *priv = nft_set_priv(set);
-	struct rhash_head *he, __rcu **pprev;
-
-	pprev = elem->cookie;
-	he = rht_dereference((*pprev), priv);
-
-	rhashtable_remove_pprev(priv, he, pprev);
 
+	rhashtable_remove(priv, elem->cookie);
 	synchronize_rcu();
-	kfree(he);
+	kfree(elem->cookie);
 }
 
 struct nft_compare_arg {
@@ -105,7 +100,7 @@ static bool nft_hash_compare(void *ptr, void *arg)
 	struct nft_compare_arg *x = arg;
 
 	if (!nft_data_cmp(&he->key, &x->elem->key, x->set->klen)) {
-		x->elem->cookie = &he->node;
+		x->elem->cookie = he;
 		x->elem->flags = 0;
 		if (x->set->flags & NFT_SET_MAP)
 			nft_data_copy(&x->elem->data, he->data);