diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
index 233de0634298..82baea026484 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@ void icmp_send(struct sk_buff *skb_in, int type, int code, __be32 info)
 	icmp_param.data.icmph.checksum	 = 0;
 	icmp_param.skb	  = skb_in;
 	icmp_param.offset = skb_network_offset(skb_in);
-	icmp_out_count(icmp_param.data.icmph.type);
 	inet_sk(icmp_socket->sk)->tos = tos;
 	ipc.addr = iph->saddr;
 	ipc.opt = &icmp_param.replyopts;