diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index 8c79bad2a9a5..4f2e6910c623 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static int alb_upper_dev_walk(struct net_device *upper, void *_data)
 	struct bond_vlan_tag *tags;
 
 	if (is_vlan_dev(upper) &&
-	    bond->nest_level == vlan_get_encap_level(upper) - 1) {
+	    bond->dev->lower_level == upper->lower_level - 1) {
 		if (upper->addr_assign_type == NET_ADDR_STOLEN) {
 			alb_send_lp_vid(slave, mac_addr,
 					vlan_dev_vlan_proto(upper),
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 6a6273590288..a48950b81434 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1733,8 +1733,6 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
 		goto err_upper_unlink;
 	}
 
-	bond->nest_level = dev_get_nest_level(bond_dev) + 1;
-
 	/* If the mode uses primary, then the following is handled by
 	 * bond_change_active_slave().
 	 */
@@ -1957,9 +1955,6 @@ static int __bond_release_one(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 	if (!bond_has_slaves(bond)) {
 		bond_set_carrier(bond);
 		eth_hw_addr_random(bond_dev);
-		bond->nest_level = SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING;
-	} else {
-		bond->nest_level = dev_get_nest_level(bond_dev) + 1;
 	}
 
 	unblock_netpoll_tx();
@@ -3444,13 +3439,6 @@ static void bond_fold_stats(struct rtnl_link_stats64 *_res,
 	}
 }
 
-static int bond_get_nest_level(struct net_device *bond_dev)
-{
-	struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
-
-	return bond->nest_level;
-}
-
 static void bond_get_stats(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 			   struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
 {
@@ -4270,7 +4258,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops bond_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_neigh_setup	= bond_neigh_setup,
 	.ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid	= bond_vlan_rx_add_vid,
 	.ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid	= bond_vlan_rx_kill_vid,
-	.ndo_get_lock_subclass  = bond_get_nest_level,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 	.ndo_netpoll_setup	= bond_netpoll_setup,
 	.ndo_netpoll_cleanup	= bond_netpoll_cleanup,
@@ -4769,8 +4756,6 @@ static int bond_init(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 	if (!bond->wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	bond->nest_level = SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING;
-
 	spin_lock_init(&bond->mode_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&bond->stats_lock);
 	lockdep_register_key(&bond->stats_lock_key);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 3e78a727f3e6..c4c59d2e676e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -3160,7 +3160,7 @@ static int add_vlan_pop_action(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 			       struct mlx5_esw_flow_attr *attr,
 			       u32 *action)
 {
-	int nest_level = vlan_get_encap_level(attr->parse_attr->filter_dev);
+	int nest_level = attr->parse_attr->filter_dev->lower_level;
 	struct flow_action_entry vlan_act = {
 		.id = FLOW_ACTION_VLAN_POP,
 	};
diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 9e97b66b26d3..afd8b2a08245 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ struct macsec_dev {
 	struct pcpu_secy_stats __percpu *stats;
 	struct list_head secys;
 	struct gro_cells gro_cells;
-	unsigned int nest_level;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -2957,11 +2956,6 @@ static int macsec_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev)
 	return macsec_priv(dev)->real_dev->ifindex;
 }
 
-static int macsec_get_nest_level(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	return macsec_priv(dev)->nest_level;
-}
-
 static const struct net_device_ops macsec_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_init		= macsec_dev_init,
 	.ndo_uninit		= macsec_dev_uninit,
@@ -2975,7 +2969,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops macsec_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_start_xmit		= macsec_start_xmit,
 	.ndo_get_stats64	= macsec_get_stats64,
 	.ndo_get_iflink		= macsec_get_iflink,
-	.ndo_get_lock_subclass  = macsec_get_nest_level,
 };
 
 static const struct device_type macsec_type = {
@@ -3258,8 +3251,6 @@ static int macsec_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	macsec->nest_level = dev_get_nest_level(real_dev) + 1;
-
 	err = netdev_upper_dev_link(real_dev, dev, extack);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto unregister;
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 0354e9be2ca5..34fc59bd1e20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -867,11 +867,6 @@ static int macvlan_do_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 #define MACVLAN_STATE_MASK \
 	((1<<__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER) | (1<<__LINK_STATE_DORMANT))
 
-static int macvlan_get_nest_level(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	return ((struct macvlan_dev *)netdev_priv(dev))->nest_level;
-}
-
 static int macvlan_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -1149,7 +1144,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops macvlan_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_fdb_add		= macvlan_fdb_add,
 	.ndo_fdb_del		= macvlan_fdb_del,
 	.ndo_fdb_dump		= ndo_dflt_fdb_dump,
-	.ndo_get_lock_subclass  = macvlan_get_nest_level,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 	.ndo_poll_controller	= macvlan_dev_poll_controller,
 	.ndo_netpoll_setup	= macvlan_dev_netpoll_setup,
@@ -1433,7 +1427,6 @@ int macvlan_common_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	vlan->dev      = dev;
 	vlan->port     = port;
 	vlan->set_features = MACVLAN_FEATURES;
-	vlan->nest_level = dev_get_nest_level(lowerdev) + 1;
 
 	vlan->mode     = MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA;
 	if (data && data[IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE])
diff --git a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
index 2e55e4cdbd8a..a367ead4bf4b 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ struct macvlan_dev {
 	netdev_features_t	set_features;
 	enum macvlan_mode	mode;
 	u16			flags;
-	int			nest_level;
 	unsigned int		macaddr_count;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 	struct netpoll		*netpoll;
diff --git a/include/linux/if_vlan.h b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
index 244278d5c222..b05e855f1ddd 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_vlan.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ struct vlan_dev_priv {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 	struct netpoll				*netpoll;
 #endif
-	unsigned int				nest_level;
 };
 
 static inline struct vlan_dev_priv *vlan_dev_priv(const struct net_device *dev)
@@ -221,11 +220,6 @@ extern void vlan_vids_del_by_dev(struct net_device *dev,
 
 extern bool vlan_uses_dev(const struct net_device *dev);
 
-static inline int vlan_get_encap_level(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	BUG_ON(!is_vlan_dev(dev));
-	return vlan_dev_priv(dev)->nest_level;
-}
 #else
 static inline struct net_device *
 __vlan_find_dev_deep_rcu(struct net_device *real_dev,
@@ -295,11 +289,6 @@ static inline bool vlan_uses_dev(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	return false;
 }
-static inline int vlan_get_encap_level(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	BUG();
-	return 0;
-}
 #endif
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 6c6490e15cd4..c20f190b4c18 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1422,7 +1422,6 @@ struct net_device_ops {
 	void			(*ndo_dfwd_del_station)(struct net_device *pdev,
 							void *priv);
 
-	int			(*ndo_get_lock_subclass)(struct net_device *dev);
 	int			(*ndo_set_tx_maxrate)(struct net_device *dev,
 						      int queue_index,
 						      u32 maxrate);
@@ -4051,16 +4050,6 @@ static inline void netif_addr_lock(struct net_device *dev)
 	spin_lock(&dev->addr_list_lock);
 }
 
-static inline void netif_addr_lock_nested(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	int subclass = SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING;
-
-	if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_lock_subclass)
-		subclass = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_lock_subclass(dev);
-
-	spin_lock_nested(&dev->addr_list_lock, subclass);
-}
-
 static inline void netif_addr_lock_bh(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	spin_lock_bh(&dev->addr_list_lock);
@@ -4345,7 +4334,6 @@ void netdev_lower_state_changed(struct net_device *lower_dev,
 extern u8 netdev_rss_key[NETDEV_RSS_KEY_LEN] __read_mostly;
 void netdev_rss_key_fill(void *buffer, size_t len);
 
-int dev_get_nest_level(struct net_device *dev);
 int skb_checksum_help(struct sk_buff *skb);
 int skb_crc32c_csum_help(struct sk_buff *skb);
 int skb_csum_hwoffload_help(struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/include/net/bonding.h b/include/net/bonding.h
index 334909feb2bb..1afc125014da 100644
--- a/include/net/bonding.h
+++ b/include/net/bonding.h
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ struct bonding {
 	struct   slave __rcu *primary_slave;
 	struct   bond_up_slave __rcu *slave_arr; /* Array of usable slaves */
 	bool     force_primary;
-	u32      nest_level;
 	s32      slave_cnt; /* never change this value outside the attach/detach wrappers */
 	int     (*recv_probe)(const struct sk_buff *, struct bonding *,
 			      struct slave *);
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 54728d2eda18..d4bcfd8f95bf 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ int register_vlan_dev(struct net_device *dev, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_uninit_mvrp;
 
-	vlan->nest_level = dev_get_nest_level(real_dev) + 1;
 	err = register_netdevice(dev);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_uninit_mvrp;
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
index 6e6f26bf6e73..e5bff5cc6f97 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
@@ -489,11 +489,6 @@ static void vlan_dev_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *vlan_dev)
 	dev_uc_sync(vlan_dev_priv(vlan_dev)->real_dev, vlan_dev);
 }
 
-static int vlan_dev_get_lock_subclass(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	return vlan_dev_priv(dev)->nest_level;
-}
-
 static const struct header_ops vlan_header_ops = {
 	.create	 = vlan_dev_hard_header,
 	.parse	 = eth_header_parse,
@@ -785,7 +780,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops vlan_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_netpoll_cleanup	= vlan_dev_netpoll_cleanup,
 #endif
 	.ndo_fix_features	= vlan_dev_fix_features,
-	.ndo_get_lock_subclass  = vlan_dev_get_lock_subclass,
 	.ndo_get_iflink		= vlan_dev_get_iflink,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 092c094038b6..1482e2ef2d25 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -7615,25 +7615,6 @@ void *netdev_lower_dev_get_private(struct net_device *dev,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_lower_dev_get_private);
 
 
-int dev_get_nest_level(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct net_device *lower = NULL;
-	struct list_head *iter;
-	int max_nest = -1;
-	int nest;
-
-	ASSERT_RTNL();
-
-	netdev_for_each_lower_dev(dev, lower, iter) {
-		nest = dev_get_nest_level(lower);
-		if (max_nest < nest)
-			max_nest = nest;
-	}
-
-	return max_nest + 1;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_nest_level);
-
 /**
  * netdev_lower_change - Dispatch event about lower device state change
  * @lower_dev: device
diff --git a/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c b/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
index 6393ba930097..2f949b5a1eb9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ int dev_uc_sync(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from)
 	if (to->addr_len != from->addr_len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	netif_addr_lock_nested(to);
+	netif_addr_lock(to);
 	err = __hw_addr_sync(&to->uc, &from->uc, to->addr_len);
 	if (!err)
 		__dev_set_rx_mode(to);
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ int dev_uc_sync_multiple(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from)
 	if (to->addr_len != from->addr_len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	netif_addr_lock_nested(to);
+	netif_addr_lock(to);
 	err = __hw_addr_sync_multiple(&to->uc, &from->uc, to->addr_len);
 	if (!err)
 		__dev_set_rx_mode(to);
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ void dev_uc_unsync(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from)
 		return;
 
 	netif_addr_lock_bh(from);
-	netif_addr_lock_nested(to);
+	netif_addr_lock(to);
 	__hw_addr_unsync(&to->uc, &from->uc, to->addr_len);
 	__dev_set_rx_mode(to);
 	netif_addr_unlock(to);
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ int dev_mc_sync(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from)
 	if (to->addr_len != from->addr_len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	netif_addr_lock_nested(to);
+	netif_addr_lock(to);
 	err = __hw_addr_sync(&to->mc, &from->mc, to->addr_len);
 	if (!err)
 		__dev_set_rx_mode(to);
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ int dev_mc_sync_multiple(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from)
 	if (to->addr_len != from->addr_len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	netif_addr_lock_nested(to);
+	netif_addr_lock(to);
 	err = __hw_addr_sync_multiple(&to->mc, &from->mc, to->addr_len);
 	if (!err)
 		__dev_set_rx_mode(to);
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ void dev_mc_unsync(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from)
 		return;
 
 	netif_addr_lock_bh(from);
-	netif_addr_lock_nested(to);
+	netif_addr_lock(to);
 	__hw_addr_unsync(&to->mc, &from->mc, to->addr_len);
 	__dev_set_rx_mode(to);
 	netif_addr_unlock(to);
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
index 88556f0251ab..2ba97ff325a5 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ int smc_vlan_by_tcpsk(struct socket *clcsock, struct smc_init_info *ini)
 	}
 
 	rtnl_lock();
-	nest_lvl = dev_get_nest_level(ndev);
+	nest_lvl = ndev->lower_level;
 	for (i = 0; i < nest_lvl; i++) {
 		struct list_head *lower = &ndev->adj_list.lower;
 
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
index bab2da8cf17a..2920b006f65c 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ static struct net_device *pnet_find_base_ndev(struct net_device *ndev)
 	int i, nest_lvl;
 
 	rtnl_lock();
-	nest_lvl = dev_get_nest_level(ndev);
+	nest_lvl = ndev->lower_level;
 	for (i = 0; i < nest_lvl; i++) {
 		struct list_head *lower = &ndev->adj_list.lower;