diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx_lib.c
index bc2f4390b51d..02b12736ea80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx_lib.c
@@ -191,12 +191,7 @@ ice_receive_skb(struct ice_ring *rx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 vlan_tag)
 	if ((rx_ring->netdev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX) &&
 	    (vlan_tag & VLAN_VID_MASK))
 		__vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), vlan_tag);
-	if (napi_gro_receive(&rx_ring->q_vector->napi, skb) == GRO_DROP) {
-		/* this is tracked separately to help us debug stack drops */
-		rx_ring->rx_stats.gro_dropped++;
-		netdev_dbg(rx_ring->netdev, "Receive Queue %d: Dropped packet from GRO\n",
-			   rx_ring->q_index);
-	}
+	napi_gro_receive(&rx_ring->q_vector->napi, skb);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 1ec3ac5d5bbf..5b949076ed23 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ enum gro_result {
 	GRO_MERGED_FREE,
 	GRO_HELD,
 	GRO_NORMAL,
-	GRO_DROP,
 	GRO_CONSUMED,
 };
 typedef enum gro_result gro_result_t;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7afbb642e203..e4d77c8abe76 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6070,10 +6070,6 @@ static gro_result_t napi_skb_finish(struct napi_struct *napi,
 		gro_normal_one(napi, skb);
 		break;
 
-	case GRO_DROP:
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		break;
-
 	case GRO_MERGED_FREE:
 		if (NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->free == NAPI_GRO_FREE_STOLEN_HEAD)
 			napi_skb_free_stolen_head(skb);
@@ -6158,10 +6154,6 @@ static gro_result_t napi_frags_finish(struct napi_struct *napi,
 			gro_normal_one(napi, skb);
 		break;
 
-	case GRO_DROP:
-		napi_reuse_skb(napi, skb);
-		break;
-
 	case GRO_MERGED_FREE:
 		if (NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->free == NAPI_GRO_FREE_STOLEN_HEAD)
 			napi_skb_free_stolen_head(skb);
@@ -6223,9 +6215,6 @@ gro_result_t napi_gro_frags(struct napi_struct *napi)
 	gro_result_t ret;
 	struct sk_buff *skb = napi_frags_skb(napi);
 
-	if (!skb)
-		return GRO_DROP;
-
 	trace_napi_gro_frags_entry(skb);
 
 	ret = napi_frags_finish(napi, skb, dev_gro_receive(napi, skb));