diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_encap.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_encap.c
index 4be3aef40bd2..267da8215e08 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_encap.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_encap.c
@@ -443,17 +443,16 @@ static u8 opa_vnic_get_rc(struct __opa_veswport_info *info,
 }
 
 /* opa_vnic_calc_entropy - calculate the packet entropy */
-u8 opa_vnic_calc_entropy(struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter, struct sk_buff *skb)
+u8 opa_vnic_calc_entropy(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	u16 hash16;
+	u32 hash = skb_get_hash(skb);
 
-	/*
-	 * Get flow based 16-bit hash and then XOR the upper and lower bytes
-	 * to get the entropy.
-	 * __skb_tx_hash limits qcount to 16 bits. Hence, get 15-bit hash.
-	 */
-	hash16 = __skb_tx_hash(adapter->netdev, skb, BIT(15));
-	return (u8)((hash16 >> 8) ^ (hash16 & 0xff));
+	/* store XOR of all bytes in lower 8 bits */
+	hash ^= hash >> 8;
+	hash ^= hash >> 16;
+
+	/* return lower 8 bits as entropy */
+	return (u8)(hash & 0xFF);
 }
 
 /* opa_vnic_get_def_port - get default port based on entropy */
@@ -490,7 +489,7 @@ void opa_vnic_encap_skb(struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	hdr = skb_push(skb, OPA_VNIC_HDR_LEN);
 
-	entropy = opa_vnic_calc_entropy(adapter, skb);
+	entropy = opa_vnic_calc_entropy(skb);
 	def_port = opa_vnic_get_def_port(adapter, entropy);
 	len = opa_vnic_wire_length(skb);
 	dlid = opa_vnic_get_dlid(adapter, skb, def_port);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_internal.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_internal.h
index afd95f432262..43ac61ffef4a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_internal.h
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ struct opa_vnic_adapter *opa_vnic_add_netdev(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 void opa_vnic_rem_netdev(struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter);
 void opa_vnic_encap_skb(struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter, struct sk_buff *skb);
 u8 opa_vnic_get_vl(struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter, struct sk_buff *skb);
-u8 opa_vnic_calc_entropy(struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter, struct sk_buff *skb);
+u8 opa_vnic_calc_entropy(struct sk_buff *skb);
 void opa_vnic_process_vema_config(struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter);
 void opa_vnic_release_mac_tbl(struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter);
 void opa_vnic_query_mac_tbl(struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_netdev.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_netdev.c
index ce57e0f10289..0c8aec62a425 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_netdev.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static u16 opa_vnic_select_queue(struct net_device *netdev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* pass entropy and vl as metadata in skb */
 	mdata = skb_push(skb, sizeof(*mdata));
-	mdata->entropy =  opa_vnic_calc_entropy(adapter, skb);
+	mdata->entropy = opa_vnic_calc_entropy(skb);
 	mdata->vl = opa_vnic_get_vl(adapter, skb);
 	rc = adapter->rn_ops->ndo_select_queue(netdev, skb,
 					       accel_priv, fallback);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 6b6853773848..0227786308af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ u16 mlx4_en_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	u16 rings_p_up = priv->num_tx_rings_p_up;
 
 	if (netdev_get_num_tc(dev))
-		return skb_tx_hash(dev, skb);
+		return fallback(dev, skb);
 
 	return fallback(dev, skb) % rings_p_up;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 366c32891158..82f5a9aba578 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3213,19 +3213,6 @@ static inline int netif_set_xps_queue(struct net_device *dev,
 }
 #endif
 
-u16 __skb_tx_hash(const struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
-		  unsigned int num_tx_queues);
-
-/*
- * Returns a Tx hash for the given packet when dev->real_num_tx_queues is used
- * as a distribution range limit for the returned value.
- */
-static inline u16 skb_tx_hash(const struct net_device *dev,
-			      struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return __skb_tx_hash(dev, skb, dev->real_num_tx_queues);
-}
-
 /**
  *	netif_is_multiqueue - test if device has multiple transmit queues
  *	@dev: network device
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0a2d46424069..25ceecfdd8fe 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2615,17 +2615,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_device_attach);
  * Returns a Tx hash based on the given packet descriptor a Tx queues' number
  * to be used as a distribution range.
  */
-u16 __skb_tx_hash(const struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
-		  unsigned int num_tx_queues)
+static u16 skb_tx_hash(const struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	u32 hash;
 	u16 qoffset = 0;
-	u16 qcount = num_tx_queues;
+	u16 qcount = dev->real_num_tx_queues;
 
 	if (skb_rx_queue_recorded(skb)) {
 		hash = skb_get_rx_queue(skb);
-		while (unlikely(hash >= num_tx_queues))
-			hash -= num_tx_queues;
+		while (unlikely(hash >= qcount))
+			hash -= qcount;
 		return hash;
 	}
 
@@ -2638,7 +2637,6 @@ u16 __skb_tx_hash(const struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	return (u16) reciprocal_scale(skb_get_hash(skb), qcount) + qoffset;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_tx_hash);
 
 static void skb_warn_bad_offload(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {