diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4cd3e84e1294..2f838f1d222c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2059,22 +2059,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_skb_features);
  *	   support DMA from it.
  */
 static inline int skb_needs_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				      struct net_device *dev)
+				      int features)
 {
-	if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb)) {
-		int features = dev->features;
-
-		if (vlan_tx_tag_present(skb))
-			features &= dev->vlan_features;
-
-		return (skb_has_frag_list(skb) &&
-			!(features & NETIF_F_FRAGLIST)) ||
+	return skb_is_nonlinear(skb) &&
+			((skb_has_frag_list(skb) &&
+				!(features & NETIF_F_FRAGLIST)) ||
 			(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags &&
-			(!(features & NETIF_F_SG) ||
-			illegal_highdma(dev, skb)));
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+				!(features & NETIF_F_SG)));
 }
 
 int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
@@ -2115,7 +2106,7 @@ int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			if (skb->next)
 				goto gso;
 		} else {
-			if (skb_needs_linearize(skb, dev) &&
+			if (skb_needs_linearize(skb, features) &&
 			    __skb_linearize(skb))
 				goto out_kfree_skb;