diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 862875ec8f2f30dc39fec7bb6c00c75e202ebeaa..8a757464bfa223f4ae2974ef251a43b471f9942b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3521,37 +3521,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(br_fdb_test_addr_hook);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
-/* TODO: Maybe we should just force sch_ingress to be compiled in
- * when CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT is? otherwise some useless instructions
- * a compare and 2 stores extra right now if we dont have it on
- * but have CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
- * NOTE: This doesn't stop any functionality; if you dont have
- * the ingress scheduler, you just can't add policies on ingress.
- *
- */
-static int ing_filter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netdev_queue *rxq)
-{
-	int result = TC_ACT_OK;
-	struct Qdisc *q;
-
-	skb->tc_verd = SET_TC_AT(skb->tc_verd, AT_INGRESS);
-
-	q = rcu_dereference(rxq->qdisc);
-	if (q != &noop_qdisc) {
-		if (likely(!test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_DEACTIVATED, &q->state)))
-			result = qdisc_enqueue_root(skb, q);
-	}
-
-	return result;
-}
-
 static inline struct sk_buff *handle_ing(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					 struct packet_type **pt_prev,
 					 int *ret, struct net_device *orig_dev)
 {
 	struct netdev_queue *rxq = rcu_dereference(skb->dev->ingress_queue);
+	struct Qdisc *q;
 
-	if (!rxq || rcu_access_pointer(rxq->qdisc) == &noop_qdisc)
+	/* If there's at least one ingress present somewhere (so
+	 * we get here via enabled static key), remaining devices
+	 * that are not configured with an ingress qdisc will bail
+	 * out w/o the rcu_dereference().
+	 */
+	if (!rxq || (q = rcu_dereference(rxq->qdisc)) == &noop_qdisc)
 		return skb;
 
 	if (*pt_prev) {
@@ -3559,11 +3541,15 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *handle_ing(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		*pt_prev = NULL;
 	}
 
-	switch (ing_filter(skb, rxq)) {
-	case TC_ACT_SHOT:
-	case TC_ACT_STOLEN:
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return NULL;
+	skb->tc_verd = SET_TC_AT(skb->tc_verd, AT_INGRESS);
+
+	if (likely(!test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_DEACTIVATED, &q->state))) {
+		switch (qdisc_enqueue_root(skb, q)) {
+		case TC_ACT_SHOT:
+		case TC_ACT_STOLEN:
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return skb;