diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 8362aef0c15e534241babfddbcd6cd6912ed1a8c..58c6ba5746d59981be991db7078a1e84f60db619 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static rx_handler_result_t macvtap_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 	 */
 	if (q->flags & IFF_VNET_HDR)
 		features |= vlan->tap_features;
-	if (netif_needs_gso(dev, skb, features)) {
+	if (netif_needs_gso(skb, features)) {
 		struct sk_buff *segs = __skb_gso_segment(skb, features, false);
 
 		if (IS_ERR(segs))
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 720aaf6313d296bec9b9a4826f1240b0eb4c0940..8dcf31063e9ae8fde691068e74447d3d43408646 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	if (unlikely(!netif_carrier_ok(dev) ||
 		     (slots > 1 && !xennet_can_sg(dev)) ||
-		     netif_needs_gso(dev, skb, netif_skb_features(skb)))) {
+		     netif_needs_gso(skb, netif_skb_features(skb)))) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->tx_lock, flags);
 		goto drop;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index b5679aed660b82896ca003a1aedfbf5a77e446af..bcbde799ec690157d47b64a3c7e0728865b54bfa 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3713,7 +3713,7 @@ static inline bool skb_gso_ok(struct sk_buff *skb, netdev_features_t features)
 	       (!skb_has_frag_list(skb) || (features & NETIF_F_FRAGLIST));
 }
 
-static inline bool netif_needs_gso(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
+static inline bool netif_needs_gso(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				   netdev_features_t features)
 {
 	return skb_is_gso(skb) && (!skb_gso_ok(skb, features) ||
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index af4a1b0adc104f626c65507b19bd99c6dc3dd0eb..1796cef55ab5af93718047604c554475b4d3275b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2713,7 +2713,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		goto out_null;
 
-	if (netif_needs_gso(dev, skb, features)) {
+	if (netif_needs_gso(skb, features)) {
 		struct sk_buff *segs;
 
 		segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, features);