diff --git a/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c b/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c
index 250be7421ab36c50ce00a25dcd3c659ca1c97f18..fbfd829f4049a36d1d3d590ec5d913785740fb24 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c
@@ -93,28 +93,6 @@ void gre_build_header(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gre_build_header);
 
-static __sum16 check_checksum(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	__sum16 csum = 0;
-
-	switch (skb->ip_summed) {
-	case CHECKSUM_COMPLETE:
-		csum = csum_fold(skb->csum);
-
-		if (!csum)
-			break;
-		/* Fall through. */
-
-	case CHECKSUM_NONE:
-		skb->csum = 0;
-		csum = __skb_checksum_complete(skb);
-		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_COMPLETE;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return csum;
-}
-
 static int parse_gre_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
 			    bool *csum_err)
 {
@@ -141,7 +119,7 @@ static int parse_gre_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
 
 	options = (__be32 *)(greh + 1);
 	if (greh->flags & GRE_CSUM) {
-		if (check_checksum(skb)) {
+		if (skb_checksum_simple_validate(skb)) {
 			*csum_err = true;
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}