diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index 514466e..c697cf6 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@
 				       struct sk_buff *skb);
 static void tipc_link_proto_rcv(struct tipc_link *link,
 				struct sk_buff *skb);
-static int  tipc_link_tunnel_rcv(struct tipc_node *node,
-				 struct sk_buff **skb);
 static void link_set_supervision_props(struct tipc_link *l_ptr, u32 tol);
 static void link_state_event(struct tipc_link *l_ptr, u32 event);
 static void link_reset_statistics(struct tipc_link *l_ptr);
@@ -115,7 +113,8 @@
 static void tipc_link_sync_rcv(struct tipc_node *n, struct sk_buff *buf);
 static void tipc_link_input(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff *skb);
 static bool tipc_data_input(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff *skb);
-
+static bool tipc_link_failover_rcv(struct tipc_node *node,
+				   struct sk_buff **skb);
 /*
  *  Simple link routines
  */
@@ -1274,8 +1273,10 @@
 		if (msg_dup(msg)) {
 			link->flags |= LINK_SYNCHING;
 			link->synch_point = msg_seqno(msg_get_wrapped(msg));
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+			break;
 		}
-		if (!tipc_link_tunnel_rcv(node, &skb))
+		if (!tipc_link_failover_rcv(node, &skb))
 			break;
 		if (msg_user(buf_msg(skb)) != MSG_BUNDLER) {
 			tipc_data_input(link, skb);
@@ -1755,101 +1756,62 @@
 	goto tunnel_queue;
 }
 
-/* tipc_link_dup_rcv(): Receive a tunnelled DUPLICATE_MSG packet.
- * Owner node is locked.
- */
-static void tipc_link_dup_rcv(struct tipc_link *link,
-			      struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	struct sk_buff *iskb;
-	int pos = 0;
-
-	if (!tipc_link_is_up(link))
-		return;
-
-	if (!tipc_msg_extract(skb, &iskb, &pos)) {
-		pr_warn("%sfailed to extract inner dup pkt\n", link_co_err);
-		return;
-	}
-	/* Append buffer to deferred queue, if applicable: */
-	link_handle_out_of_seq_msg(link, iskb);
-}
-
 /*  tipc_link_failover_rcv(): Receive a tunnelled ORIGINAL_MSG packet
  *  Owner node is locked.
  */
-static struct sk_buff *tipc_link_failover_rcv(struct tipc_link *l_ptr,
-					      struct sk_buff *t_buf)
+static bool tipc_link_failover_rcv(struct tipc_node *node,
+				   struct sk_buff **skb)
 {
-	struct tipc_msg *t_msg = buf_msg(t_buf);
-	struct sk_buff *buf = NULL;
-	struct tipc_msg *msg;
+	struct tipc_msg *msg = buf_msg(*skb);
+	struct sk_buff *iskb = NULL;
+	struct tipc_link *link = NULL;
+	int bearer_id = msg_bearer_id(msg);
 	int pos = 0;
 
-	if (tipc_link_is_up(l_ptr))
-		tipc_link_reset(l_ptr);
-
-	/* First failover packet? */
-	if (l_ptr->exp_msg_count == START_CHANGEOVER)
-		l_ptr->exp_msg_count = msg_msgcnt(t_msg);
-
-	/* Should there be an inner packet? */
-	if (l_ptr->exp_msg_count) {
-		l_ptr->exp_msg_count--;
-		if (!tipc_msg_extract(t_buf, &buf, &pos)) {
-			pr_warn("%sno inner failover pkt\n", link_co_err);
-			goto exit;
-		}
-		msg = buf_msg(buf);
-
-		if (less(msg_seqno(msg), l_ptr->reset_checkpoint)) {
-			kfree_skb(buf);
-			buf = NULL;
-			goto exit;
-		}
-		if (msg_user(msg) == MSG_FRAGMENTER) {
-			l_ptr->stats.recv_fragments++;
-			tipc_buf_append(&l_ptr->reasm_buf, &buf);
-		}
+	if (msg_type(msg) != ORIGINAL_MSG) {
+		pr_warn("%sunknown tunnel pkt received\n", link_co_err);
+		goto exit;
 	}
-exit:
-	if ((!l_ptr->exp_msg_count) && (l_ptr->flags & LINK_STOPPED))
-		tipc_link_delete(l_ptr);
-	return buf;
-}
-
-/*  tipc_link_tunnel_rcv(): Receive a tunnelled packet, sent
- *  via other link as result of a failover (ORIGINAL_MSG) or
- *  a new active link (DUPLICATE_MSG). Failover packets are
- *  returned to the active link for delivery upwards.
- *  Owner node is locked.
- */
-static int tipc_link_tunnel_rcv(struct tipc_node *n_ptr,
-				struct sk_buff **buf)
-{
-	struct sk_buff *t_buf = *buf;
-	struct tipc_link *l_ptr;
-	struct tipc_msg *t_msg = buf_msg(t_buf);
-	u32 bearer_id = msg_bearer_id(t_msg);
-
-	*buf = NULL;
-
 	if (bearer_id >= MAX_BEARERS)
 		goto exit;
+	link = node->links[bearer_id];
+	if (!link)
+		goto exit;
+	if (tipc_link_is_up(link))
+		tipc_link_reset(link);
 
-	l_ptr = n_ptr->links[bearer_id];
-	if (!l_ptr)
+	/* First failover packet? */
+	if (link->exp_msg_count == START_CHANGEOVER)
+		link->exp_msg_count = msg_msgcnt(msg);
+
+	/* Should we expect an inner packet? */
+	if (!link->exp_msg_count)
 		goto exit;
 
-	if (msg_type(t_msg) == DUPLICATE_MSG)
-		tipc_link_dup_rcv(l_ptr, t_buf);
-	else if (msg_type(t_msg) == ORIGINAL_MSG)
-		*buf = tipc_link_failover_rcv(l_ptr, t_buf);
-	else
-		pr_warn("%sunknown tunnel pkt received\n", link_co_err);
+	if (!tipc_msg_extract(*skb, &iskb, &pos)) {
+		pr_warn("%sno inner failover pkt\n", link_co_err);
+		*skb = NULL;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+	link->exp_msg_count--;
+	*skb = NULL;
+
+	/* Was packet already delivered? */
+	if (less(buf_seqno(iskb), link->reset_checkpoint)) {
+		kfree_skb(iskb);
+		iskb = NULL;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+	if (msg_user(buf_msg(iskb)) == MSG_FRAGMENTER) {
+		link->stats.recv_fragments++;
+		tipc_buf_append(&link->reasm_buf, &iskb);
+	}
 exit:
-	kfree_skb(t_buf);
-	return *buf != NULL;
+	if (link && (!link->exp_msg_count) && (link->flags & LINK_STOPPED))
+		tipc_link_delete(link);
+	kfree_skb(*skb);
+	*skb = iskb;
+	return *skb;
 }
 
 static void link_set_supervision_props(struct tipc_link *l_ptr, u32 tol)