diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 0605da8e25f5..9093004f9b63 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -767,7 +767,6 @@ static ssize_t macvtap_put_user(struct macvtap_queue *q,
 				const struct sk_buff *skb,
 				const struct iovec *iv, int len)
 {
-	struct macvlan_dev *vlan;
 	int ret;
 	int vnet_hdr_len = 0;
 	int vlan_offset = 0;
@@ -821,15 +820,6 @@ static ssize_t macvtap_put_user(struct macvtap_queue *q,
 	copied += len;
 
 done:
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	vlan = rcu_dereference(q->vlan);
-	if (vlan) {
-		preempt_disable();
-		macvlan_count_rx(vlan, copied - vnet_hdr_len, ret == 0, 0);
-		preempt_enable();
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
 	return ret ? ret : copied;
 }