diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 2aab9b63bf168dd77e8eee854c54e3dee9149615..c797c57f4d9f6b2ef6cc23f1d63210cd41c8cff4 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1020,7 +1020,6 @@ struct proto {
 	void			(*unhash)(struct sock *sk);
 	void			(*rehash)(struct sock *sk);
 	int			(*get_port)(struct sock *sk, unsigned short snum);
-	void			(*clear_sk)(struct sock *sk, int size);
 
 	/* Keeping track of sockets in use */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
@@ -1242,8 +1241,6 @@ static inline int __sk_prot_rehash(struct sock *sk)
 	return sk->sk_prot->hash(sk);
 }
 
-void sk_prot_clear_portaddr_nulls(struct sock *sk, int size);
-
 /* About 10 seconds */
 #define SOCK_DESTROY_TIME (10*HZ)
 
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 25dab8b60223e25ee92dae45a226fce2a6bb5a03..51a730485649e6e2cefac6d58de3a021411a6a0f 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1315,24 +1315,6 @@ static void sock_copy(struct sock *nsk, const struct sock *osk)
 #endif
 }
 
-void sk_prot_clear_portaddr_nulls(struct sock *sk, int size)
-{
-	unsigned long nulls1, nulls2;
-
-	nulls1 = offsetof(struct sock, __sk_common.skc_node.next);
-	nulls2 = offsetof(struct sock, __sk_common.skc_portaddr_node.next);
-	if (nulls1 > nulls2)
-		swap(nulls1, nulls2);
-
-	if (nulls1 != 0)
-		memset((char *)sk, 0, nulls1);
-	memset((char *)sk + nulls1 + sizeof(void *), 0,
-	       nulls2 - nulls1 - sizeof(void *));
-	memset((char *)sk + nulls2 + sizeof(void *), 0,
-	       size - nulls2 - sizeof(void *));
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(sk_prot_clear_portaddr_nulls);
-
 static struct sock *sk_prot_alloc(struct proto *prot, gfp_t priority,
 		int family)
 {
@@ -1344,12 +1326,8 @@ static struct sock *sk_prot_alloc(struct proto *prot, gfp_t priority,
 		sk = kmem_cache_alloc(slab, priority & ~__GFP_ZERO);
 		if (!sk)
 			return sk;
-		if (priority & __GFP_ZERO) {
-			if (prot->clear_sk)
-				prot->clear_sk(sk, prot->obj_size);
-			else
-				sk_prot_clear_nulls(sk, prot->obj_size);
-		}
+		if (priority & __GFP_ZERO)
+			sk_prot_clear_nulls(sk, prot->obj_size);
 	} else
 		sk = kmalloc(prot->obj_size, priority);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index e9ffc27b23d0e739deb39bbadc56a5f5f4083bbc..f0ebb0bd1e11afc344445458b22c58cd8cb5b8f8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -2237,7 +2237,6 @@ struct proto udp_prot = {
 	.compat_setsockopt = compat_udp_setsockopt,
 	.compat_getsockopt = compat_udp_getsockopt,
 #endif
-	.clear_sk	   = sk_prot_clear_portaddr_nulls,
 	.diag_destroy	   = udp_abort,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(udp_prot);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udplite.c b/net/ipv4/udplite.c
index 3b3efbda48e13941b35388238508706844c043aa..67fc9d96e67dae76af5d9abe6ee2c7baad08bbe4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udplite.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udplite.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ struct proto 	udplite_prot = {
 	.compat_setsockopt = compat_udp_setsockopt,
 	.compat_getsockopt = compat_udp_getsockopt,
 #endif
-	.clear_sk	   = sk_prot_clear_portaddr_nulls,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(udplite_prot);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 33df8b8575cceb6f4bf50d9a50ab5a6afa79cd86..e0f46439e391f2a8b2fac2e13b6f61a11c082715 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1862,17 +1862,6 @@ void tcp6_proc_exit(struct net *net)
 }
 #endif
 
-static void tcp_v6_clear_sk(struct sock *sk, int size)
-{
-	struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
-
-	/* we do not want to clear pinet6 field, because of RCU lookups */
-	sk_prot_clear_nulls(sk, offsetof(struct inet_sock, pinet6));
-
-	size -= offsetof(struct inet_sock, pinet6) + sizeof(inet->pinet6);
-	memset(&inet->pinet6 + 1, 0, size);
-}
-
 struct proto tcpv6_prot = {
 	.name			= "TCPv6",
 	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
@@ -1914,7 +1903,6 @@ struct proto tcpv6_prot = {
 	.compat_setsockopt	= compat_tcp_setsockopt,
 	.compat_getsockopt	= compat_tcp_getsockopt,
 #endif
-	.clear_sk		= tcp_v6_clear_sk,
 	.diag_destroy		= tcp_abort,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index 16512cf06e733ad8004b18cdb2cfcbcffacec605..9efe740ff6ddd6bbfc95cf598e4c09a25262ca88 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -1424,17 +1424,6 @@ void udp6_proc_exit(struct net *net)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
-void udp_v6_clear_sk(struct sock *sk, int size)
-{
-	struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
-
-	/* we do not want to clear pinet6 field, because of RCU lookups */
-	sk_prot_clear_portaddr_nulls(sk, offsetof(struct inet_sock, pinet6));
-
-	size -= offsetof(struct inet_sock, pinet6) + sizeof(inet->pinet6);
-	memset(&inet->pinet6 + 1, 0, size);
-}
-
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
 struct proto udpv6_prot = {
@@ -1466,7 +1455,6 @@ struct proto udpv6_prot = {
 	.compat_setsockopt = compat_udpv6_setsockopt,
 	.compat_getsockopt = compat_udpv6_getsockopt,
 #endif
-	.clear_sk	   = udp_v6_clear_sk,
 	.diag_destroy      = udp_abort,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp_impl.h b/net/ipv6/udp_impl.h
index 0682c031ccdc77da801c46851d7ad2163921fe19..f6eb1ab34f4bc50e321e74f129feee4118f03807 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp_impl.h
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp_impl.h
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ int udpv6_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len, int noblock,
 int udpv6_queue_rcv_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 void udpv6_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk);
 
-void udp_v6_clear_sk(struct sock *sk, int size);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 int udp6_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v);
 #endif
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udplite.c b/net/ipv6/udplite.c
index 9cf097e206e931c6e3c184f22b8adcabedc4c03a..5cf0099b86f71c2f74f813b17230f80149665b8e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udplite.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udplite.c
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ struct proto udplitev6_prot = {
 	.compat_setsockopt = compat_udpv6_setsockopt,
 	.compat_getsockopt = compat_udpv6_getsockopt,
 #endif
-	.clear_sk	   = udp_v6_clear_sk,
 };
 
 static struct inet_protosw udplite6_protosw = {