diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index ecb87544cc5d888be056d903a2e0b227dd24c461..03d8a6b0e2e803dc3c586041aa6e2dc126c7e80f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -193,6 +193,25 @@ extern int _cond_resched(void);
 		(__x < 0) ? -__x : __x;		\
 	})
 
+/**
+ * reciprocal_scale - "scale" a value into range [0, ep_ro)
+ * @val: value
+ * @ep_ro: right open interval endpoint
+ *
+ * Perform a "reciprocal multiplication" in order to "scale" a value into
+ * range [0, ep_ro), where the upper interval endpoint is right-open.
+ * This is useful, e.g. for accessing a index of an array containing
+ * ep_ro elements, for example. Think of it as sort of modulus, only that
+ * the result isn't that of modulo. ;) Note that if initial input is a
+ * small value, then result will return 0.
+ *
+ * Return: a result based on val in interval [0, ep_ro).
+ */
+static inline u32 reciprocal_scale(u32 val, u32 ep_ro)
+{
+	return (u32)(((u64) val * ep_ro) >> 32);
+}
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_MMU) && \
 	(defined(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) || defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP))
 void might_fault(void);
diff --git a/include/net/codel.h b/include/net/codel.h
index 3b04ff5f6f8d60489a13171d3071ffa597c2c140..fe0eab32ce76dd42845e8bc466c8bade5f429157 100644
--- a/include/net/codel.h
+++ b/include/net/codel.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <net/pkt_sched.h>
 #include <net/inet_ecn.h>
-#include <linux/reciprocal_div.h>
 
 /* Controlling Queue Delay (CoDel) algorithm
  * =========================================
@@ -211,10 +210,9 @@ static codel_time_t codel_control_law(codel_time_t t,
 				      codel_time_t interval,
 				      u32 rec_inv_sqrt)
 {
-	return t + reciprocal_divide(interval, rec_inv_sqrt << REC_INV_SQRT_SHIFT);
+	return t + reciprocal_scale(interval, rec_inv_sqrt << REC_INV_SQRT_SHIFT);
 }
 
-
 static bool codel_should_drop(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 			      struct Qdisc *sch,
 			      struct codel_vars *vars,
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index df3cbdd585c7ea613c4a367694c08108c5830fdd..97346162803d87f7a4c5355b0ae54dca17296f53 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
 #include <linux/virtio_net.h>
 #include <linux/errqueue.h>
 #include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
-#include <linux/reciprocal_div.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
 #include <net/inet_common.h>
@@ -1262,7 +1261,7 @@ static unsigned int fanout_demux_hash(struct packet_fanout *f,
 				      struct sk_buff *skb,
 				      unsigned int num)
 {
-	return reciprocal_divide(skb->rxhash, num);
+	return reciprocal_scale(skb->rxhash, num);
 }
 
 static unsigned int fanout_demux_lb(struct packet_fanout *f,