diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 718ad579c65ca8018e8e26a95810bd3513812c8c..3a0ed7f9e8015bb3165fb1e55eaf44493d9521e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ struct netif_rx_stats
 	unsigned total;
 	unsigned dropped;
 	unsigned time_squeeze;
-	unsigned throttled;
 	unsigned cpu_collision;
 };
 
@@ -557,10 +556,9 @@ static inline int unregister_gifconf(unsigned int family)
 
 struct softnet_data
 {
-	int			throttle;
+	struct net_device	*output_queue;
 	struct sk_buff_head	input_pkt_queue;
 	struct list_head	poll_list;
-	struct net_device	*output_queue;
 	struct sk_buff		*completion_queue;
 
 	struct net_device	backlog_dev;	/* Sorry. 8) */
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3156df699f014569e208785901ab36d335f3b795..1a64508e527ffe8ea235302211c6c638d36fdcbb 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static struct notifier_block *netdev_chain;
  *	Device drivers call our routines to queue packets here. We empty the
  *	queue in the local softnet handler.
  */
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct softnet_data, softnet_data) = { 0, };
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct softnet_data, softnet_data) = { NULL };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 extern int netdev_sysfs_init(void);
@@ -1372,7 +1372,6 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct netif_rx_stats, netdev_rx_stat) = { 0, };
 
 int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	int this_cpu;
 	struct softnet_data *queue;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -1388,15 +1387,11 @@ int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 * short when CPU is congested, but is still operating.
 	 */
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	queue = &__get_cpu_var(softnet_data);
 
 	__get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).total++;
 	if (queue->input_pkt_queue.qlen <= netdev_max_backlog) {
 		if (queue->input_pkt_queue.qlen) {
-			if (queue->throttle)
-				goto drop;
-
 enqueue:
 			dev_hold(skb->dev);
 			__skb_queue_tail(&queue->input_pkt_queue, skb);
@@ -1404,19 +1399,10 @@ int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 		}
 
-		if (queue->throttle)
-			queue->throttle = 0;
-
 		netif_rx_schedule(&queue->backlog_dev);
 		goto enqueue;
 	}
 
-	if (!queue->throttle) {
-		queue->throttle = 1;
-		__get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).throttled++;
-	}
-
-drop:
 	__get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).dropped++;
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
@@ -1701,8 +1687,6 @@ static int process_backlog(struct net_device *backlog_dev, int *budget)
 	smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
 	netif_poll_enable(backlog_dev);
 
-	if (queue->throttle)
-		queue->throttle = 0;
 	local_irq_enable();
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1976,7 +1960,7 @@ static int softnet_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 	struct netif_rx_stats *s = v;
 
 	seq_printf(seq, "%08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
-		   s->total, s->dropped, s->time_squeeze, s->throttled,
+		   s->total, s->dropped, s->time_squeeze, 0,
 		   0, 0, 0, 0, /* was fastroute */
 		   s->cpu_collision );
 	return 0;
@@ -3220,7 +3204,6 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void)
 
 		queue = &per_cpu(softnet_data, i);
 		skb_queue_head_init(&queue->input_pkt_queue);
-		queue->throttle = 0;
 		queue->completion_queue = NULL;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->poll_list);
 		set_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &queue->backlog_dev.state);