diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 3b7eda6c27de..491a8b2b8b89 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ static int smc_release(struct socket *sock)
 		schedule_delayed_work(&smc->sock_put_work,
 				      SMC_CLOSE_SOCK_PUT_DELAY);
 	}
-	sk->sk_prot->unhash(sk);
 	release_sock(sk);
 
 	sock_put(sk);