diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 7aad52ced0cd..f08fc0020dab 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ static bool __inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(struct sock *sk,
 {
 	bool unlinked = reqsk_queue_unlink(req);
 
-	if (!from_timer && timer_delete_sync(&req->rsk_timer))
+	if (!from_timer && del_timer_sync(&req->rsk_timer))
 		reqsk_put(req);
 
 	if (unlinked) {