diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index e6e8a9797b6dbff81c8f4a8be6e34e58bef82811..69233f6aa05ca2d115f77ed3c71d00954c5c0204 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ static struct netpoll np = {
 	.local_port = 6665,
 	.remote_port = 6666,
 	.remote_mac = {0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff},
-	.drop = netpoll_queue,
 };
 static int configured = 0;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index c65d12ec7bb0818241325c603ad0155c41934f47..b7eb008c43de8f968172680bb707fe54c2cec457 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct netpoll {
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	char dev_name[16], *name;
 	void (*rx_hook)(struct netpoll *, int, char *, int);
-	void (*drop)(struct sk_buff *skb);
+
 	u32 local_ip, remote_ip;
 	u16 local_port, remote_port;
 	unsigned char local_mac[6], remote_mac[6];
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int netpoll_trap(void);
 void netpoll_set_trap(int trap);
 void netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np);
 int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb);
-void netpoll_queue(struct sk_buff *skb);
+
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
 static inline int netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 6b34c394672fa0472bc1ff5b3476c7a679153904..0d1de3c47a01276aeccb3c9c611ec7e00acaf614 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -77,19 +77,6 @@ static void queue_process(void *p)
 	}
 }
 
-void netpoll_queue(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
-	struct netpoll_info *npinfo = dev->npinfo;
-
-	if (!npinfo)
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-	else {
-		skb_queue_tail(&npinfo->txq, skb);
-		schedule_work(&npinfo->tx_work);
-	}
-}
-
 static int checksum_udp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct udphdr *uh,
 			     unsigned short ulen, u32 saddr, u32 daddr)
 {
@@ -256,7 +243,7 @@ static void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
  	}
 
 	/* don't get messages out of order, and no recursion */
-	if ( !(np->drop == netpoll_queue && skb_queue_len(&npinfo->txq))
+	if ( skb_queue_len(&npinfo->txq) == 0
 	     && npinfo->poll_owner != smp_processor_id()
 	     && netif_tx_trylock(dev)) {
 
@@ -277,11 +264,8 @@ static void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	if (status != NETDEV_TX_OK) {
-		/* requeue for later */
-		if (np->drop)
-			np->drop(skb);
-		else
-			__kfree_skb(skb);
+		skb_queue_tail(&npinfo->txq, skb);
+		schedule_work(&npinfo->tx_work);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -809,4 +793,3 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netpoll_setup);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netpoll_cleanup);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netpoll_send_udp);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netpoll_poll);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(netpoll_queue);