diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_core.c b/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_core.c
index 44788b95c823..9ab3728f9630 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_core.c
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ void udp_tunnel_sock_release(struct sock *sk)
 	struct socket *sock = sk->sk_socket;
 
 	rcu_assign_sk_user_data(sk, NULL);
-	synchronize_rcu();
 	kernel_sock_shutdown(sock, SHUT_RDWR);
 	sock_release(sock);
 }