diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 51baac725a48ca8d71d708834a94c62651370b90..682838b48d3719d0d89038fa958f2f46123ea188 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1977,7 +1977,6 @@ static void vxlan_xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		iptunnel_xmit_stats(err, &dev->stats, dev->tstats);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	} else {
-		struct sock *sk = vxlan->vn_sock->sock->sk;
 		struct dst_entry *ndst;
 		struct flowi6 fl6;
 		u32 flags;