diff --git a/include/net/inetpeer.h b/include/net/inetpeer.h
index 01d590ee5e7eb5250eaef9e0880153c257b706bd..80479abddf73cc181899e1115a572727f578633d 100644
--- a/include/net/inetpeer.h
+++ b/include/net/inetpeer.h
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ struct inet_peer {
 struct inet_peer_base {
 	struct inet_peer __rcu	*root;
 	seqlock_t		lock;
-	u32			flush_seq;
 	int			total;
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
index bd5f5928167dbd44c72fbd1a5eefd475bd29f260..241afd743d2ccfda93bfb42b928020f2d9dc0486 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
@@ -72,29 +72,10 @@ void inet_peer_base_init(struct inet_peer_base *bp)
 {
 	bp->root = peer_avl_empty_rcu;
 	seqlock_init(&bp->lock);
-	bp->flush_seq = ~0U;
 	bp->total = 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet_peer_base_init);
 
-static atomic_t v4_seq = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-static atomic_t v6_seq = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-
-static atomic_t *inetpeer_seq_ptr(int family)
-{
-	return (family == AF_INET ? &v4_seq : &v6_seq);
-}
-
-static inline void flush_check(struct inet_peer_base *base, int family)
-{
-	atomic_t *fp = inetpeer_seq_ptr(family);
-
-	if (unlikely(base->flush_seq != atomic_read(fp))) {
-		inetpeer_invalidate_tree(base);
-		base->flush_seq = atomic_read(fp);
-	}
-}
-
 #define PEER_MAXDEPTH 40 /* sufficient for about 2^27 nodes */
 
 /* Exported for sysctl_net_ipv4.  */
@@ -444,8 +425,6 @@ struct inet_peer *inet_getpeer(struct inet_peer_base *base,
 	unsigned int sequence;
 	int invalidated, gccnt = 0;
 
-	flush_check(base, daddr->family);
-
 	/* Attempt a lockless lookup first.
 	 * Because of a concurrent writer, we might not find an existing entry.
 	 */