diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 3b662a1cac8519a29eeb706a8c9e8bf1be189abe..2b1197c83a5ece0c6b7cb6478ca3412e8f3f6ebd 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	8