diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 9a0e9e789339f6e1cd58d99d857844898e0aab85..7e631a542577deac5830f72f223ff45825b08931 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -997,21 +997,6 @@ static inline int pskb_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 	return (len < skb->len) ? __pskb_trim(skb, len) : 0;
 }
 
-/**
- *	pskb_trim_unique - remove end from a paged unique (not cloned) buffer
- *	@skb: buffer to alter
- *	@len: new length
- *
- *	This is identical to pskb_trim except that the caller knows that
- *	the skb is not cloned so we should never get an error due to out-
- *	of-memory.
- */
-static inline void pskb_trim_unique(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
-{
-	int err = pskb_trim(skb, len);
-	BUG_ON(err);
-}
-
 /**
  *	skb_orphan - orphan a buffer
  *	@skb: buffer to orphan
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index b24c6a0c5574c7c229975251367121c60f17a446..8dcba3887f04eb647df01ae404b3b9bda955408d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ int ip_append_data(struct sock *sk,
 				skb_prev->csum = csum_sub(skb_prev->csum,
 							  skb->csum);
 				data += fraggap;
-				pskb_trim_unique(skb_prev, maxfraglen);
+				skb_trim(skb_prev, maxfraglen);
 			}
 
 			copy = datalen - transhdrlen - fraggap;
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ ssize_t	ip_append_page(struct sock *sk, struct page *page,
 					data, fraggap, 0);
 				skb_prev->csum = csum_sub(skb_prev->csum,
 							  skb->csum);
-				pskb_trim_unique(skb_prev, maxfraglen);
+				skb_trim(skb_prev, maxfraglen);
 			}
 
 			/*
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 1b528aa132007dc1b16e475dfe7eb4311ae76599..5bf70b1442eae1f0be6497774be8ea7ceac9cbf1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ int ip6_append_data(struct sock *sk, int getfrag(void *from, char *to,
 				skb_prev->csum = csum_sub(skb_prev->csum,
 							  skb->csum);
 				data += fraggap;
-				pskb_trim_unique(skb_prev, maxfraglen);
+				skb_trim(skb_prev, maxfraglen);
 			}
 			copy = datalen - transhdrlen - fraggap;
 			if (copy < 0) {