diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
index 87da9ef61860886d9bf5cc668524ef8b48a60c31..014a7bc2a872514cf4422302a92b692ecda31c27 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ struct l2tp_eth {
 	struct net_device	*dev;
 	struct sock		*tunnel_sock;
 	struct l2tp_session	*session;
-	struct list_head	list;
 	atomic_long_t		tx_bytes;
 	atomic_long_t		tx_packets;
 	atomic_long_t		tx_dropped;
@@ -58,17 +57,6 @@ struct l2tp_eth_sess {
 	struct net_device	*dev;
 };
 
-/* per-net private data for this module */
-static unsigned int l2tp_eth_net_id;
-struct l2tp_eth_net {
-	struct list_head l2tp_eth_dev_list;
-	spinlock_t l2tp_eth_lock;
-};
-
-static inline struct l2tp_eth_net *l2tp_eth_pernet(struct net *net)
-{
-	return net_generic(net, l2tp_eth_net_id);
-}
 
 static int l2tp_eth_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -84,12 +72,6 @@ static int l2tp_eth_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 
 static void l2tp_eth_dev_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct l2tp_eth *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct l2tp_eth_net *pn = l2tp_eth_pernet(dev_net(dev));
-
-	spin_lock(&pn->l2tp_eth_lock);
-	list_del_init(&priv->list);
-	spin_unlock(&pn->l2tp_eth_lock);
 	dev_put(dev);
 }
 
@@ -273,7 +255,6 @@ static int l2tp_eth_create(struct net *net, struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel,
 	struct l2tp_eth *priv;
 	struct l2tp_eth_sess *spriv;
 	int rc;
-	struct l2tp_eth_net *pn;
 
 	if (cfg->ifname) {
 		strlcpy(name, cfg->ifname, IFNAMSIZ);
@@ -305,7 +286,6 @@ static int l2tp_eth_create(struct net *net, struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel,
 	priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	priv->dev = dev;
 	priv->session = session;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->list);
 
 	priv->tunnel_sock = tunnel->sock;
 	session->recv_skb = l2tp_eth_dev_recv;
@@ -326,10 +306,6 @@ static int l2tp_eth_create(struct net *net, struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel,
 	strlcpy(session->ifname, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 
 	dev_hold(dev);
-	pn = l2tp_eth_pernet(dev_net(dev));
-	spin_lock(&pn->l2tp_eth_lock);
-	list_add(&priv->list, &pn->l2tp_eth_dev_list);
-	spin_unlock(&pn->l2tp_eth_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -342,22 +318,6 @@ static int l2tp_eth_create(struct net *net, struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static __net_init int l2tp_eth_init_net(struct net *net)
-{
-	struct l2tp_eth_net *pn = net_generic(net, l2tp_eth_net_id);
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pn->l2tp_eth_dev_list);
-	spin_lock_init(&pn->l2tp_eth_lock);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static struct pernet_operations l2tp_eth_net_ops = {
-	.init = l2tp_eth_init_net,
-	.id   = &l2tp_eth_net_id,
-	.size = sizeof(struct l2tp_eth_net),
-};
-
 
 static const struct l2tp_nl_cmd_ops l2tp_eth_nl_cmd_ops = {
 	.session_create	= l2tp_eth_create,
@@ -371,25 +331,18 @@ static int __init l2tp_eth_init(void)
 
 	err = l2tp_nl_register_ops(L2TP_PWTYPE_ETH, &l2tp_eth_nl_cmd_ops);
 	if (err)
-		goto out;
-
-	err = register_pernet_device(&l2tp_eth_net_ops);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_unreg;
+		goto err;
 
 	pr_info("L2TP ethernet pseudowire support (L2TPv3)\n");
 
 	return 0;
 
-out_unreg:
-	l2tp_nl_unregister_ops(L2TP_PWTYPE_ETH);
-out:
+err:
 	return err;
 }
 
 static void __exit l2tp_eth_exit(void)
 {
-	unregister_pernet_device(&l2tp_eth_net_ops);
 	l2tp_nl_unregister_ops(L2TP_PWTYPE_ETH);
 }