diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 5dadfc508ade..835129152fc4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -3276,10 +3276,8 @@ static void __net_exit vxlan_exit_net(struct net *net)
 		/* If vxlan->dev is in the same netns, it has already been added
 		 * to the list by the previous loop.
 		 */
-		if (!net_eq(dev_net(vxlan->dev), net)) {
-			gro_cells_destroy(&vxlan->gro_cells);
+		if (!net_eq(dev_net(vxlan->dev), net))
 			unregister_netdevice_queue(vxlan->dev, &list);
-		}
 	}
 
 	unregister_netdevice_many(&list);