diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index bd12a7658213..a4857c85a020 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -3192,7 +3192,6 @@ again:
 		/* After allocating a larger batch, retry one more time to grab
 		 * the whole bucket.
 		 */
-		state->bucket--;
 		goto again;
 	}
 done: