Index: sys/netpfil/ipfw/ip_dn_io.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netpfil/ipfw/ip_dn_io.c
+++ sys/netpfil/ipfw/ip_dn_io.c
@@ -870,14 +870,6 @@
 	/* we could actually tag outside the lock, but who cares... */
 	if (tag_mbuf(m, dir, fwa))
 		goto dropit;
-	if (dn_cfg.busy) {
-		/* if the upper half is busy doing something expensive,
-		 * lets queue the packet and move forward
-		 */
-		mq_append(&dn_cfg.pending, m);
-		m = *m0 = NULL; /* consumed */
-		goto done; /* already active, nothing to do */
-	}
 	/* XXX locate_flowset could be optimised with a direct ref. */
 	fs = dn_ht_find(dn_cfg.fshash, fs_id, 0, NULL);
 	if (fs == NULL)
Index: sys/netpfil/ipfw/ip_dn_private.h
===================================================================
--- sys/netpfil/ipfw/ip_dn_private.h
+++ sys/netpfil/ipfw/ip_dn_private.h
@@ -171,13 +171,6 @@
 
 	int init_done;
 
-	/* if the upper half is busy doing something long,
-	 * can set the busy flag and we will enqueue packets in
-	 * a queue for later processing.
-	 */
-	int	busy;
-	struct	mq	pending;
-
 #ifdef _KERNEL
 	/*
 	 * This file is normally used in the kernel, unless we do