diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index b534a1be540a..642cb7355df3 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -225,14 +225,11 @@ enum {
 	/* device driver is going to provide hardware time stamp */
 	SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS = 1 << 2,
 
-	/* ensure the originating sk reference is available on driver level */
-	SKBTX_DRV_NEEDS_SK_REF = 1 << 3,
-
 	/* device driver supports TX zero-copy buffers */
-	SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY = 1 << 4,
+	SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY = 1 << 3,
 
 	/* generate wifi status information (where possible) */
-	SKBTX_WIFI_STATUS = 1 << 5,
+	SKBTX_WIFI_STATUS = 1 << 4,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/can/raw.c b/net/can/raw.c
index cde1b4a20f75..46cca3a91d19 100644
--- a/net/can/raw.c
+++ b/net/can/raw.c
@@ -681,9 +681,6 @@ static int raw_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto free_skb;
 
-	/* to be able to check the received tx sock reference in raw_rcv() */
-	skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_DRV_NEEDS_SK_REF;
-
 	skb->dev = dev;
 	skb->sk  = sk;
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index cd0981977f5c..6df214041a5e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2089,25 +2089,6 @@ static int dev_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, netdev_features_t features)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Try to orphan skb early, right before transmission by the device.
- * We cannot orphan skb if tx timestamp is requested or the sk-reference
- * is needed on driver level for other reasons, e.g. see net/can/raw.c
- */
-static inline void skb_orphan_try(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	struct sock *sk = skb->sk;
-
-	if (sk && !skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags) {
-		/* skb_tx_hash() wont be able to get sk.
-		 * We copy sk_hash into skb->rxhash
-		 */
-		if (!skb->rxhash)
-			skb->rxhash = sk->sk_hash;
-		skb_orphan(skb);
-	}
-}
-
 static bool can_checksum_protocol(netdev_features_t features, __be16 protocol)
 {
 	return ((features & NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM) ||
@@ -2193,8 +2174,6 @@ int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		if (!list_empty(&ptype_all))
 			dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, dev);
 
-		skb_orphan_try(skb);
-
 		features = netif_skb_features(skb);
 
 		if (vlan_tx_tag_present(skb) &&
@@ -2304,7 +2283,7 @@ u16 __skb_tx_hash(const struct net_device *dev, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (skb->sk && skb->sk->sk_hash)
 		hash = skb->sk->sk_hash;
 	else
-		hash = (__force u16) skb->protocol ^ skb->rxhash;
+		hash = (__force u16) skb->protocol;
 	hash = jhash_1word(hash, hashrnd);
 
 	return (u16) (((u64) hash * qcount) >> 32) + qoffset;
diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
index 07d7d55a1b93..cd6f7a991d80 100644
--- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ static int afiucv_hs_send(struct iucv_message *imsg, struct sock *sock,
 			skb_trim(skb, skb->dev->mtu);
 	}
 	skb->protocol = ETH_P_AF_IUCV;
-	skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_DRV_NEEDS_SK_REF;
 	nskb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!nskb)
 		return -ENOMEM;