diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 178b5bc83eb5..08d49b936d13 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ struct sk_filter;
   *	@sk_cgrp_data: cgroup data for this cgroup
   *	@sk_memcg: this socket's memory cgroup association
   *	@sk_write_pending: a write to stream socket waits to start
-  *	@sk_wait_pending: number of threads blocked on this socket
   *	@sk_state_change: callback to indicate change in the state of the sock
   *	@sk_data_ready: callback to indicate there is data to be processed
   *	@sk_write_space: callback to indicate there is bf sending space available
@@ -428,7 +427,6 @@ struct sock {
 	unsigned int		sk_napi_id;
 #endif
 	int			sk_rcvbuf;
-	int			sk_wait_pending;
 
 	struct sk_filter __rcu	*sk_filter;
 	union {
@@ -1184,7 +1182,6 @@ static inline void sock_rps_reset_rxhash(struct sock *sk)
 
 #define sk_wait_event(__sk, __timeo, __condition, __wait)		\
 	({	int __rc;						\
-		__sk->sk_wait_pending++;				\
 		release_sock(__sk);					\
 		__rc = __condition;					\
 		if (!__rc) {						\
@@ -1194,7 +1191,6 @@ static inline void sock_rps_reset_rxhash(struct sock *sk)
 		}							\
 		sched_annotate_sleep();					\
 		lock_sock(__sk);					\
-		__sk->sk_wait_pending--;				\
 		__rc = __condition;					\
 		__rc;							\
 	})
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index ebb737ac9e89..5fd0ff5734e3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -589,7 +589,6 @@ static long inet_wait_for_connect(struct sock *sk, long timeo, int writebias)
 
 	add_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 	sk->sk_write_pending += writebias;
-	sk->sk_wait_pending++;
 
 	/* Basic assumption: if someone sets sk->sk_err, he _must_
 	 * change state of the socket from TCP_SYN_*.
@@ -605,7 +604,6 @@ static long inet_wait_for_connect(struct sock *sk, long timeo, int writebias)
 	}
 	remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 	sk->sk_write_pending -= writebias;
-	sk->sk_wait_pending--;
 	return timeo;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 8e35ea66d930..916075e00d06 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -1143,7 +1143,6 @@ struct sock *inet_csk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk,
 	if (newsk) {
 		struct inet_connection_sock *newicsk = inet_csk(newsk);
 
-		newsk->sk_wait_pending = 0;
 		inet_sk_set_state(newsk, TCP_SYN_RECV);
 		newicsk->icsk_bind_hash = NULL;
 		newicsk->icsk_bind2_hash = NULL;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index afc303a6bf4d..fd53279e638c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -3088,12 +3088,6 @@ int tcp_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags)
 	int old_state = sk->sk_state;
 	u32 seq;
 
-	/* Deny disconnect if other threads are blocked in sk_wait_event()
-	 * or inet_wait_for_connect().
-	 */
-	if (sk->sk_wait_pending)
-		return -EBUSY;
-
 	if (old_state != TCP_CLOSE)
 		tcp_set_state(sk, TCP_CLOSE);