diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index e7b53d2a971f266bfa8d6403063fe82de61aaebe..c959bb6ea4ed7c7e236a701209ec3aa493961a0a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -3720,8 +3720,7 @@ int tcp_abort(struct sock *sk, int err)
 			struct request_sock *req = inet_reqsk(sk);
 
 			local_bh_disable();
-			inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop_and_put(req->rsk_listener,
-							  req);
+			inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(req->rsk_listener, req);
 			local_bh_enable();
 			return 0;
 		}