diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index f975afdc315c..025367a94add 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static int macvlan_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 xmit_world:
 	skb->ip_summed = ip_summed;
-	skb_set_dev(skb, vlan->lowerdev);
+	skb->dev = vlan->lowerdev;
 	return dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 5cbaa20f1659..33900a53c990 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1403,15 +1403,6 @@ static inline bool netdev_uses_dsa_tags(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_NET_NS
-static inline void skb_set_dev(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	skb->dev = dev;
-}
-#else /* CONFIG_NET_NS */
-void skb_set_dev(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
-#endif
-
 static inline bool netdev_uses_trailer_tags(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_DSA_TAG_TRAILER
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
index 9988d4abb372..9757c193c86b 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t vlan_dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		skb = __vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, vlan_tci);
 	}
 
-	skb_set_dev(skb, vlan_dev_priv(dev)->real_dev);
+	skb->dev = vlan_dev_priv(dev)->real_dev;
 	len = skb->len;
 	if (netpoll_tx_running(dev))
 		return skb->dev->netdev_ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, skb->dev);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9bb8f87c4cda..99e1d759f41e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1617,10 +1617,14 @@ int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return NET_RX_DROP;
 	}
 	skb->skb_iif = 0;
-	skb_set_dev(skb, dev);
+	skb->dev = dev;
+	skb_dst_drop(skb);
 	skb->tstamp.tv64 = 0;
 	skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
 	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
+	skb->mark = 0;
+	secpath_reset(skb);
+	nf_reset(skb);
 	return netif_rx(skb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_forward_skb);
@@ -1869,36 +1873,6 @@ void netif_device_attach(struct net_device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_device_attach);
 
-/**
- * skb_dev_set -- assign a new device to a buffer
- * @skb: buffer for the new device
- * @dev: network device
- *
- * If an skb is owned by a device already, we have to reset
- * all data private to the namespace a device belongs to
- * before assigning it a new device.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
-void skb_set_dev(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	skb_dst_drop(skb);
-	if (skb->dev && !net_eq(dev_net(skb->dev), dev_net(dev))) {
-		secpath_reset(skb);
-		nf_reset(skb);
-		skb_init_secmark(skb);
-		skb->mark = 0;
-		skb->priority = 0;
-		skb->nf_trace = 0;
-		skb->ipvs_property = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_SCHED
-		skb->tc_index = 0;
-#endif
-	}
-	skb->dev = dev;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_set_dev);
-#endif /* CONFIG_NET_NS */
-
 static void skb_warn_bad_offload(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	static const netdev_features_t null_features = 0;