diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index 5f742d0b9e07..79050d83e736 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -3213,7 +3213,6 @@ again:
 		/* After allocating a larger batch, retry one more time to grab
 		 * the whole bucket.
 		 */
-		state->bucket--;
 		goto again;
 	}
 done: