diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index cac4c1a3f807..8376bc1c1508 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2413,15 +2413,6 @@ static void tpacket_destruct_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	sock_wfree(skb);
 }
 
-static void tpacket_set_protocol(const struct net_device *dev,
-				 struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	if (dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) {
-		skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
-		skb->protocol = eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto;
-	}
-}
-
 static int __packet_snd_vnet_parse(struct virtio_net_hdr *vnet_hdr, size_t len)
 {
 	if ((vnet_hdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM) &&
@@ -2492,8 +2483,6 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			return err;
 		if (!dev_validate_header(dev, skb->data, hdrlen))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (!skb->protocol)
-			tpacket_set_protocol(dev, skb);
 
 		data += hdrlen;
 		to_write -= hdrlen;