diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_socket.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_socket.h
index 8f4da12ca571..ac645e69716f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_socket.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_socket.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ struct xt_socket_mtinfo3 {
 			   | XT_SOCKET_NOWILDCARD \
 			   | XT_SOCKET_RESTORESKMARK)
 
-void xt_socket_put_sk(struct sock *sk);
 struct sock *xt_socket_get4_sk(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 			       struct xt_action_param *par);
 struct sock *xt_socket_get6_sk(const struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_qtaguid.c b/net/netfilter/xt_qtaguid.c
index e33be3aaf094..2f9784c1e692 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_qtaguid.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_qtaguid.c
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ static struct sock *qtaguid_find_sk(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 		 * "struct inet_timewait_sock" which is missing fields.
 		 */
 		if (sk->sk_state  == TCP_TIME_WAIT) {
-			xt_socket_put_sk(sk);
+			sock_gen_put(sk);
 			sk = NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@ static bool qtaguid_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
 
 put_sock_ret_res:
 	if (got_sock)
-		xt_socket_put_sk(sk);
+		sock_gen_put(sk);
 	if (set_sk_callback_lock)
 		read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 ret_res:
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_socket.c b/net/netfilter/xt_socket.c
index d9fe8fbd5fd8..c8ff76945ac8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_socket.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_socket.c
@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h>
 #endif
 
-void
-xt_socket_put_sk(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	if (sk->sk_state == TCP_TIME_WAIT)
-		inet_twsk_put(inet_twsk(sk));
-	else
-		sock_put(sk);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(xt_socket_put_sk);
-
 static int
 extract_icmp4_fields(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 		    u8 *protocol,