diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp.h b/net/nfc/llcp.h
index d49d4bf2e37c..c1d9be636933 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp.h
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 enum llcp_state {
 	LLCP_CONNECTED = 1, /* wait_for_packet() wants that */
 	LLCP_CONNECTING,
-	LLCP_DISCONNECTING,
 	LLCP_CLOSED,
 	LLCP_BOUND,
 	LLCP_LISTEN,
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
index b70d5042bf74..3364caabef8b 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
@@ -737,13 +737,6 @@ static void nfc_llcp_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			print_hex_dump_debug("LLCP Tx: ", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
 					     16, 1, skb->data, skb->len, true);
 
-			if (ptype == LLCP_PDU_DISC && sk != NULL &&
-			    sk->sk_state == LLCP_DISCONNECTING) {
-				nfc_llcp_sock_unlink(&local->sockets, sk);
-				sock_orphan(sk);
-				sock_put(sk);
-			}
-
 			if (ptype == LLCP_PDU_I)
 				copy_skb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
index 5c5705f5028b..4ca35791c93b 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
@@ -641,13 +641,6 @@ static int llcp_sock_release(struct socket *sock)
 
 	release_sock(sk);
 
-	/* Keep this sock alive and therefore do not remove it from the sockets
-	 * list until the DISC PDU has been actually sent. Otherwise we would
-	 * reply with DM PDUs before sending the DISC one.
-	 */
-	if (sk->sk_state == LLCP_DISCONNECTING)
-		return err;
-
 out:
 	sock_orphan(sk);
 	sock_put(sk);