diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 474a99ed0222..ab2e92eec949 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1381,20 +1381,6 @@ static bool route_shortcircuit(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static void vxlan_sock_put(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	sock_put(skb->sk);
-}
-
-/* On transmit, associate with the tunnel socket */
-static void vxlan_set_owner(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	skb_orphan(skb);
-	sock_hold(sk);
-	skb->sk = sk;
-	skb->destructor = vxlan_sock_put;
-}
-
 /* Compute source port for outgoing packet
  *   first choice to use L4 flow hash since it will spread
  *     better and maybe available from hardware
@@ -1514,8 +1500,6 @@ static int vxlan6_xmit_skb(struct vxlan_sock *vs,
 	ip6h->daddr	  = *daddr;
 	ip6h->saddr	  = *saddr;
 
-	vxlan_set_owner(vs->sock->sk, skb);
-
 	err = handle_offloads(skb);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -1572,8 +1556,6 @@ int vxlan_xmit_skb(struct vxlan_sock *vs,
 	uh->len = htons(skb->len);
 	uh->check = 0;
 
-	vxlan_set_owner(vs->sock->sk, skb);
-
 	err = handle_offloads(skb);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -1786,7 +1768,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct ethhdr *eth;
 	bool did_rsc = false;
-	struct vxlan_rdst *rdst;
+	struct vxlan_rdst *rdst, *fdst = NULL;
 	struct vxlan_fdb *f;
 
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
@@ -1828,7 +1810,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 				vxlan_fdb_miss(vxlan, eth->h_dest);
 
 			dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1836,12 +1818,19 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(rdst, &f->remotes, list) {
 		struct sk_buff *skb1;
 
+		if (!fdst) {
+			fdst = rdst;
+			continue;
+		}
 		skb1 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (skb1)
 			vxlan_xmit_one(skb1, dev, rdst, did_rsc);
 	}
 
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	if (fdst)
+		vxlan_xmit_one(skb, dev, fdst, did_rsc);
+	else
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }