diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index cf8f6ce06742..29c3ea5b6e93 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ static inline bool skb_unref(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		return false;
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_NET) && likely(refcount_read(&skb->users) == 1))
+	if (likely(refcount_read(&skb->users) == 1))
 		smp_rmb();
 	else if (likely(!refcount_dec_and_test(&skb->users)))
 		return false;