diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index d13e27467470..b19a0021a0bd 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -1191,16 +1191,6 @@ static bool some_qdisc_is_busy(struct net_device *dev)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static void dev_qdisc_reset(struct net_device *dev,
-			    struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
-			    void *none)
-{
-	struct Qdisc *qdisc = dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping;
-
-	if (qdisc)
-		qdisc_reset(qdisc);
-}
-
 /**
  * 	dev_deactivate_many - deactivate transmissions on several devices
  * 	@head: list of devices to deactivate
@@ -1237,12 +1227,6 @@ void dev_deactivate_many(struct list_head *head)
 			 */
 			schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 		}
-		/* The new qdisc is assigned at this point so we can safely
-		 * unwind stale skb lists and qdisc statistics
-		 */
-		netdev_for_each_tx_queue(dev, dev_qdisc_reset, NULL);
-		if (dev_ingress_queue(dev))
-			dev_qdisc_reset(dev, dev_ingress_queue(dev), NULL);
 	}
 }