diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index b343319..179f1c8 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -139,33 +139,20 @@
 
 /* Time stamp put into socket buffer control block
  * Only valid when skbs are in our internal t(ime)fifo queue.
+ *
+ * As skb->rbnode uses same storage than skb->next, skb->prev and skb->tstamp,
+ * and skb->next & skb->prev are scratch space for a qdisc,
+ * we save skb->tstamp value in skb->cb[] before destroying it.
  */
 struct netem_skb_cb {
 	psched_time_t	time_to_send;
 	ktime_t		tstamp_save;
 };
 
-/* Because space in skb->cb[] is tight, netem overloads skb->next/prev/tstamp
- * to hold a rb_node structure.
- *
- * If struct sk_buff layout is changed, the following checks will complain.
- */
-static struct rb_node *netem_rb_node(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct sk_buff, next) != 0);
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct sk_buff, prev) !=
-		     offsetof(struct sk_buff, next) + sizeof(skb->next));
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct sk_buff, tstamp) !=
-		     offsetof(struct sk_buff, prev) + sizeof(skb->prev));
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct rb_node) > sizeof(skb->next) +
-					      sizeof(skb->prev) +
-					      sizeof(skb->tstamp));
-	return (struct rb_node *)&skb->next;
-}
 
 static struct sk_buff *netem_rb_to_skb(struct rb_node *rb)
 {
-	return (struct sk_buff *)rb;
+	return container_of(rb, struct sk_buff, rbnode);
 }
 
 static inline struct netem_skb_cb *netem_skb_cb(struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -403,8 +390,8 @@
 		else
 			p = &parent->rb_left;
 	}
-	rb_link_node(netem_rb_node(nskb), parent, p);
-	rb_insert_color(netem_rb_node(nskb), &q->t_root);
+	rb_link_node(&nskb->rbnode, parent, p);
+	rb_insert_color(&nskb->rbnode, &q->t_root);
 	sch->q.qlen++;
 }