diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 813042c08dc5a7438279821890439b02490391d1..d66ac76a33d1298e48bb9dcef217beaedc8a7968 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1716,14 +1716,9 @@ static inline bool tcp_rtx_and_write_queues_empty(const struct sock *sk)
 	return tcp_rtx_queue_empty(sk) && tcp_write_queue_empty(sk);
 }
 
-static inline void __tcp_add_write_queue_tail(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	__skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_write_queue, skb);
-}
-
 static inline void tcp_add_write_queue_tail(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	__tcp_add_write_queue_tail(sk, skb);
+	__skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_write_queue, skb);
 
 	/* Queue it, remembering where we must start sending. */
 	if (sk->sk_write_queue.next == skb)