diff --git a/include/net/request_sock.h b/include/net/request_sock.h
index 7aed02ce2b65b502dd97f72f91417ed5c78e5ca8..cff4608179c12c2f4f19be4ee04d787af0aa9d71 100644
--- a/include/net/request_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/request_sock.h
@@ -124,23 +124,7 @@ struct request_sock_queue {
 extern int reqsk_queue_alloc(struct request_sock_queue *queue,
 			     unsigned int nr_table_entries);
 
-static inline struct listen_sock *reqsk_queue_yank_listen_sk(struct request_sock_queue *queue)
-{
-	struct listen_sock *lopt;
-
-	write_lock_bh(&queue->syn_wait_lock);
-	lopt = queue->listen_opt;
-	queue->listen_opt = NULL;
-	write_unlock_bh(&queue->syn_wait_lock);
-
-	return lopt;
-}
-
-static inline void __reqsk_queue_destroy(struct request_sock_queue *queue)
-{
-	kfree(reqsk_queue_yank_listen_sk(queue));
-}
-
+extern void __reqsk_queue_destroy(struct request_sock_queue *queue);
 extern void reqsk_queue_destroy(struct request_sock_queue *queue);
 
 static inline struct request_sock *
diff --git a/net/core/request_sock.c b/net/core/request_sock.c
index 5f0818d815e6b700408f2dcea1986b87fdc09645..45aed75cb571220da14d2924ec9674ac06f4d99b 100644
--- a/net/core/request_sock.c
+++ b/net/core/request_sock.c
@@ -71,6 +71,41 @@ int reqsk_queue_alloc(struct request_sock_queue *queue,
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(reqsk_queue_alloc);
 
+void __reqsk_queue_destroy(struct request_sock_queue *queue)
+{
+	struct listen_sock *lopt;
+	size_t lopt_size;
+
+	/*
+	 * this is an error recovery path only
+	 * no locking needed and the lopt is not NULL
+	 */
+
+	lopt = queue->listen_opt;
+	lopt_size = sizeof(struct listen_sock) +
+		lopt->nr_table_entries * sizeof(struct request_sock *);
+
+	if (lopt_size > PAGE_SIZE)
+		vfree(lopt);
+	else
+		kfree(lopt);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__reqsk_queue_destroy);
+
+static inline struct listen_sock *reqsk_queue_yank_listen_sk(
+		struct request_sock_queue *queue)
+{
+	struct listen_sock *lopt;
+
+	write_lock_bh(&queue->syn_wait_lock);
+	lopt = queue->listen_opt;
+	queue->listen_opt = NULL;
+	write_unlock_bh(&queue->syn_wait_lock);
+
+	return lopt;
+}
+
 void reqsk_queue_destroy(struct request_sock_queue *queue)
 {
 	/* make all the listen_opt local to us */