diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 51132debb494219a261a69dc284c93c38172bd79..d1e709e6d2782d290684d127ebf9d424a94cab88 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3132,7 +3132,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct softnet_data, softnet_data);
 
 static inline int dev_recursion_level(void)
 {
-	return __this_cpu_read(softnet_data.xmit.recursion);
+	return this_cpu_read(softnet_data.xmit.recursion);
 }
 
 #define XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT	10