diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
index 55670ec3cd0f..b56be1452f8e 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static void l2tp_ip_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 {
 	write_lock_bh(&l2tp_ip_lock);
 	hlist_del_init(&sk->sk_bind_node);
-	hlist_del_init(&sk->sk_node);
+	sk_del_node_init(sk);
 	write_unlock_bh(&l2tp_ip_lock);
 	sk_common_release(sk);
 }