diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 81797e065b2197d097b1b6f7471c4c929b4a7512..37c4bb89a7082bbe36b40d928f7fd1d95bfe8252 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1793,8 +1793,6 @@ void fib_table_flush_external(struct fib_table *tb)
 		if (hlist_empty(&n->leaf)) {
 			put_child_root(pn, n->key, NULL);
 			node_free(n);
-		} else {
-			leaf_pull_suffix(pn, n);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1864,8 +1862,6 @@ int fib_table_flush(struct fib_table *tb)
 		if (hlist_empty(&n->leaf)) {
 			put_child_root(pn, n->key, NULL);
 			node_free(n);
-		} else {
-			leaf_pull_suffix(pn, n);
 		}
 	}