diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 194a7483bb93..9cd2a99d0752 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1327,17 +1327,10 @@ static void l2tp_tunnel_del_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	sock = sk->sk_socket;
 
-	/* If the tunnel socket was created by userspace, then go through the
-	 * inet layer to shut the socket down, and let userspace close it.
-	 * Otherwise, if we created the socket directly within the kernel, use
+	/* If the tunnel socket was created within the kernel, use
 	 * the sk API to release it here.
-	 * In either case the tunnel resources are freed in the socket
-	 * destructor when the tunnel socket goes away.
 	 */
-	if (tunnel->fd >= 0) {
-		if (sock)
-			inet_shutdown(sock, 2);
-	} else {
+	if (tunnel->fd < 0) {
 		if (sock) {
 			kernel_sock_shutdown(sock, SHUT_RDWR);
 			sock_release(sock);