diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
index a7a982a3e676..1a58cfdb862d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
@@ -143,20 +143,6 @@ htable_size(u8 hbits)
 	return hsize * sizeof(struct hbucket *) + sizeof(struct htable);
 }
 
-/* Compute htable_bits from the user input parameter hashsize */
-static u8
-htable_bits(u32 hashsize)
-{
-	/* Assume that hashsize == 2^htable_bits */
-	u8 bits = fls(hashsize - 1);
-
-	if (jhash_size(bits) != hashsize)
-		/* Round up to the first 2^n value */
-		bits = fls(hashsize);
-
-	return bits;
-}
-
 #ifdef IP_SET_HASH_WITH_NETS
 #if IPSET_NET_COUNT > 1
 #define __CIDR(cidr, i)		(cidr[i])
@@ -1520,7 +1506,11 @@ IPSET_TOKEN(HTYPE, _create)(struct net *net, struct ip_set *set,
 	if (!h)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	hbits = htable_bits(hashsize);
+	/* Compute htable_bits from the user input parameter hashsize.
+	 * Assume that hashsize == 2^htable_bits,
+	 * otherwise round up to the first 2^n value.
+	 */
+	hbits = fls(hashsize - 1);
 	hsize = htable_size(hbits);
 	if (hsize == 0) {
 		kfree(h);