diff --git a/include/linux/if_vlan.h b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
index 546d9d35fbd4..290bd8ac94cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_vlan.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ struct vlan_group {
 					    * the vlan is attached to.
 					    */
 	unsigned int		nr_vlans;
-	int			killall;
 	struct hlist_node	hlist;	/* linked list */
 	struct net_device **vlan_devices_arrays[VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_SPLIT_PARTS];
 	struct rcu_head		rcu;
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 969e7004cf86..718d635d3379 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ void unregister_vlan_dev(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 	grp->nr_vlans--;
 
 	vlan_group_set_device(grp, vlan_id, NULL);
-	if (!grp->killall)
-		synchronize_net();
-
+	/* Because unregister_netdevice_queue() makes sure at least one rcu
+	 * grace period is respected before device freeing,
+	 * we dont need to call synchronize_net() here.
+	 */
 	unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
 
 	/* If the group is now empty, kill off the group. */
@@ -478,9 +479,6 @@ static int vlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long event,
 		if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_UNREGISTERING)
 			break;
 
-		/* Delete all VLANs for this dev. */
-		grp->killall = 1;
-
 		for (i = 0; i < VLAN_N_VID; i++) {
 			vlandev = vlan_group_get_device(grp, i);
 			if (!vlandev)