diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 1e3e0087245b..0b2a6e94af2d 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -3725,7 +3725,6 @@ struct sk_buff *sock_dequeue_err_skb(struct sock *sk)
 		err = SKB_EXT_ERR(skb_next)->ee.ee_errno;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
 
-	sk->sk_err = err;
 	if (err)
 		sk->sk_error_report(sk);