diff --git a/include/net/ipip.h b/include/net/ipip.h
index 5d3036fa1511..76e3ea6e2fe5 100644
--- a/include/net/ipip.h
+++ b/include/net/ipip.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ struct ip_tunnel
 	struct ip_tunnel	*next;
 	struct net_device	*dev;
 
-	int			recursion;	/* Depth of hard_start_xmit recursion */
 	int			err_count;	/* Number of arrived ICMP errors */
 	unsigned long		err_time;	/* Time when the last ICMP error arrived */
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index d9645c94a067..41ada9904d31 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -66,10 +66,7 @@
    solution, but it supposes maintaing new variable in ALL
    skb, even if no tunneling is used.
 
-   Current solution: t->recursion lock breaks dead loops. It looks
-   like dev->tbusy flag, but I preferred new variable, because
-   the semantics is different. One day, when hard_start_xmit
-   will be multithreaded we will have to use skb->encapsulation.
+   Current solution: HARD_TX_LOCK lock breaks dead loops.
 
 
 
@@ -678,11 +675,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev
 	__be32 dst;
 	int    mtu;
 
-	if (tunnel->recursion++) {
-		stats->collisions++;
-		goto tx_error;
-	}
-
 	if (dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER)
 		IPCB(skb)->flags = 0;
 
@@ -820,7 +812,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev
 			ip_rt_put(rt);
 			stats->tx_dropped++;
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-			tunnel->recursion--;
 			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
 		if (skb->sk)
@@ -888,7 +879,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev
 	nf_reset(skb);
 
 	IPTUNNEL_XMIT();
-	tunnel->recursion--;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 tx_error_icmp:
@@ -897,7 +887,6 @@ tx_error_icmp:
 tx_error:
 	stats->tx_errors++;
 	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-	tunnel->recursion--;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipip.c b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
index 62548cb0923c..08ccd344de7a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
@@ -402,11 +402,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	__be32 dst = tiph->daddr;
 	int    mtu;
 
-	if (tunnel->recursion++) {
-		stats->collisions++;
-		goto tx_error;
-	}
-
 	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		goto tx_error;
 
@@ -485,7 +480,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 			ip_rt_put(rt);
 			stats->tx_dropped++;
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-			tunnel->recursion--;
 			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
 		if (skb->sk)
@@ -523,7 +517,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	nf_reset(skb);
 
 	IPTUNNEL_XMIT();
-	tunnel->recursion--;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 tx_error_icmp:
@@ -531,7 +524,6 @@ tx_error_icmp:
 tx_error:
 	stats->tx_errors++;
 	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-	tunnel->recursion--;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 7d25bbe32110..c595bbe1ed99 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1043,11 +1043,6 @@ ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	struct net_device_stats *stats = &t->dev->stats;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (t->recursion++) {
-		stats->collisions++;
-		goto tx_err;
-	}
-
 	switch (skb->protocol) {
 	case htons(ETH_P_IP):
 		ret = ip4ip6_tnl_xmit(skb, dev);
@@ -1062,14 +1057,12 @@ ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto tx_err;
 
-	t->recursion--;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 tx_err:
 	stats->tx_errors++;
 	stats->tx_dropped++;
 	kfree_skb(skb);
-	t->recursion--;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 0ae4f6448187..fcb539628847 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -626,11 +626,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipip6_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct in6_addr *addr6;
 	int addr_type;
 
-	if (tunnel->recursion++) {
-		stats->collisions++;
-		goto tx_error;
-	}
-
 	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
 		goto tx_error;
 
@@ -753,7 +748,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipip6_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			ip_rt_put(rt);
 			stats->tx_dropped++;
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-			tunnel->recursion--;
 			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
 		if (skb->sk)
@@ -794,7 +788,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipip6_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	nf_reset(skb);
 
 	IPTUNNEL_XMIT();
-	tunnel->recursion--;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 tx_error_icmp:
@@ -802,7 +795,6 @@ tx_error_icmp:
 tx_error:
 	stats->tx_errors++;
 	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-	tunnel->recursion--;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }