diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index b1079b8f98aa..6641c4543d18 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ struct net {
 						 * or to unregister pernet ops
 						 * (pernet_ops_rwsem write locked).
 						 */
-	struct llist_node	defer_free_list;
 	struct llist_node	cleanup_list;	/* namespaces on death row */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 3ae29a6daac0..29deff082da1 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -435,28 +435,11 @@ out_free:
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static LLIST_HEAD(defer_free_list);
-
-static void net_complete_free(void)
-{
-	struct llist_node *kill_list;
-	struct net *net, *next;
-
-	/* Get the list of namespaces to free from last round. */
-	kill_list = llist_del_all(&defer_free_list);
-
-	llist_for_each_entry_safe(net, next, kill_list, defer_free_list)
-		kmem_cache_free(net_cachep, net);
-
-}
-
 static void net_free(struct net *net)
 {
 	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&net->passive)) {
 		kfree(rcu_access_pointer(net->gen));
-
-		/* Wait for an extra rcu_barrier() before final free. */
-		llist_add(&net->defer_free_list, &defer_free_list);
+		kmem_cache_free(net_cachep, net);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -631,8 +614,6 @@ static void cleanup_net(struct work_struct *work)
 	 */
 	rcu_barrier();
 
-	net_complete_free();
-
 	/* Finally it is safe to free my network namespace structure */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(net, tmp, &net_exit_list, exit_list) {
 		list_del_init(&net->exit_list);