diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_usrreq.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_usrreq.c
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_usrreq.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_usrreq.c
@@ -767,17 +767,14 @@
 	struct tcpcb *tp;
 	struct in_addr addr;
 	struct in6_addr addr6;
-	struct epoch_tracker et;
 	in_port_t port = 0;
 	int v4 = 0;
 
 	inp = sotoinpcb(so);
 	KASSERT(inp != NULL, ("tcp6_usr_accept: inp == NULL"));
-	NET_EPOCH_ENTER(et); /* XXXMT Why is this needed? */
 	INP_WLOCK(inp);
 	if (inp->inp_flags & INP_DROPPED) {
 		INP_WUNLOCK(inp);
-		NET_EPOCH_EXIT(et);
 		return (ECONNABORTED);
 	}
 	tp = intotcpcb(inp);
@@ -804,7 +801,6 @@
 	tcp_bblog_pru(tp, PRU_ACCEPT, error);
 	TCP_PROBE2(debug__user, tp, PRU_ACCEPT);
 	INP_WUNLOCK(inp);
-	NET_EPOCH_EXIT(et);
 	if (error == 0) {
 		if (v4)
 			*nam = in6_v4mapsin6_sockaddr(port, &addr);