diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 7b52a38..5c53f22 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1528,26 +1528,13 @@ static inline bool too_many_unix_fds(struct task_struct *p)
 	return false;
 }
 
-#define MAX_RECURSION_LEVEL 4
-
 static int unix_attach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	int i;
-	unsigned char max_level = 0;
 
 	if (too_many_unix_fds(current))
 		return -ETOOMANYREFS;
 
-	for (i = scm->fp->count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-		struct sock *sk = unix_get_socket(scm->fp->fp[i]);
-
-		if (sk)
-			max_level = max(max_level,
-					unix_sk(sk)->recursion_level);
-	}
-	if (unlikely(max_level > MAX_RECURSION_LEVEL))
-		return -ETOOMANYREFS;
-
 	/*
 	 * Need to duplicate file references for the sake of garbage
 	 * collection.  Otherwise a socket in the fps might become a
@@ -1559,7 +1546,7 @@ static int unix_attach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	for (i = scm->fp->count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
 		unix_inflight(scm->fp->user, scm->fp->fp[i]);
-	return max_level;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int unix_scm_to_skb(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb, bool send_fds)
@@ -1649,7 +1636,6 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	long timeo;
 	struct scm_cookie scm;
-	int max_level;
 	int data_len = 0;
 	int sk_locked;
 
@@ -1701,7 +1687,6 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	err = unix_scm_to_skb(&scm, skb, true);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_free;
-	max_level = err + 1;
 
 	skb_put(skb, len - data_len);
 	skb->data_len = data_len;
@@ -1819,8 +1804,6 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		__net_timestamp(skb);
 	maybe_add_creds(skb, sock, other);
 	skb_queue_tail(&other->sk_receive_queue, skb);
-	if (max_level > unix_sk(other)->recursion_level)
-		unix_sk(other)->recursion_level = max_level;
 	unix_state_unlock(other);
 	other->sk_data_ready(other);
 	sock_put(other);
@@ -1855,7 +1838,6 @@ static int unix_stream_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	int sent = 0;
 	struct scm_cookie scm;
 	bool fds_sent = false;
-	int max_level;
 	int data_len;
 
 	wait_for_unix_gc();
@@ -1905,7 +1887,6 @@ static int unix_stream_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			goto out_err;
 		}
-		max_level = err + 1;
 		fds_sent = true;
 
 		skb_put(skb, size - data_len);
@@ -1925,8 +1906,6 @@ static int unix_stream_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 
 		maybe_add_creds(skb, sock, other);
 		skb_queue_tail(&other->sk_receive_queue, skb);
-		if (max_level > unix_sk(other)->recursion_level)
-			unix_sk(other)->recursion_level = max_level;
 		unix_state_unlock(other);
 		other->sk_data_ready(other);
 		sent += size;
@@ -2324,7 +2303,6 @@ static int unix_stream_read_generic(struct unix_stream_read_state *state,
 		last_len = last ? last->len : 0;
 again:
 		if (skb == NULL) {
-			unix_sk(sk)->recursion_level = 0;
 			if (copied >= target)
 				goto unlock;