diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 8435267836a74cb1dc87b2e0c5b62358e9413dcf..366fbba3359ab790e1b22917931acdbdb1daebf3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipip6_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (!new_skb) {
 			ip_rt_put(rt);
 			dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
 		if (skb->sk)
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipip6_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 tx_error_icmp:
 	dst_link_failure(skb);
 tx_error:
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 out:
 	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t sit_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 tx_err:
 	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 }