diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 90b7a3f45e8a..70ab821a4adf 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -3277,8 +3277,6 @@ static void sock_rmem_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
  */
 int sock_queue_err_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	int len = skb->len;
-
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) + skb->truesize >=
 	    (unsigned int)sk->sk_rcvbuf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -3293,7 +3291,7 @@ int sock_queue_err_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_error_queue, skb);
 	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))
-		sk->sk_data_ready(sk, len);
+		sk->sk_error_report(sk);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_queue_err_skb);