diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 25a8f9387d5ad9dc31c3f03c78ce3ff8f433744a..db8884ad6d400b524b3b4ac0d63c6ce41da91d05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ config NET_FC
 config IFB
 	tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
 	depends on NET_CLS_ACT
+	select NET_REDIRECT
 	---help---
 	  This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
 	  resources.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ifb.c b/drivers/net/ifb.c
index 242b9b0943f818c04cff2d065a04096b4a2a494d..7fe306e76281d926ab228dda471790a9b3634d61 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ifb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ifb.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static void ifb_ri_tasklet(unsigned long _txp)
 	}
 
 	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&txp->tq)) != NULL) {
-		skb->tc_redirected = 0;
+		skb->redirected = 0;
 		skb->tc_skip_classify = 1;
 
 		u64_stats_update_begin(&txp->tsync);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static void ifb_ri_tasklet(unsigned long _txp)
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		skb->skb_iif = txp->dev->ifindex;
 
-		if (!skb->tc_from_ingress) {
+		if (!skb->from_ingress) {
 			dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 		} else {
 			skb_pull_rcsum(skb, skb->mac_len);
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ifb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	txp->rx_bytes += skb->len;
 	u64_stats_update_end(&txp->rsync);
 
-	if (!skb->tc_redirected || !skb->skb_iif) {
+	if (!skb->redirected || !skb->skb_iif) {
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 		dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/queueing.h b/drivers/net/wireguard/queueing.h
index cf1e0e2376d8113213d3a0302b785a8842c089d6..3432232afe061317ce85cf344fccff2078811547 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/queueing.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/queueing.h
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ static inline void wg_reset_packet(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb->dev = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_SCHED
 	skb->tc_index = 0;
-	skb_reset_tc(skb);
 #endif
+	skb_reset_redirect(skb);
 	skb->hdr_len = skb_headroom(skb);
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 5b50278c4bc852b7659f9af8e392a45630111d0b..e596202344159187f46ff79da567084857086282 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -645,8 +645,8 @@ typedef unsigned char *sk_buff_data_t;
  *	@offload_l3_fwd_mark: Packet was L3-forwarded in hardware
  *	@tc_skip_classify: do not classify packet. set by IFB device
  *	@tc_at_ingress: used within tc_classify to distinguish in/egress
- *	@tc_redirected: packet was redirected by a tc action
- *	@tc_from_ingress: if tc_redirected, tc_at_ingress at time of redirect
+ *	@redirected: packet was redirected by packet classifier
+ *	@from_ingress: packet was redirected from the ingress path
  *	@peeked: this packet has been seen already, so stats have been
  *		done for it, don't do them again
  *	@nf_trace: netfilter packet trace flag
@@ -848,8 +848,10 @@ struct sk_buff {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
 	__u8			tc_skip_classify:1;
 	__u8			tc_at_ingress:1;
-	__u8			tc_redirected:1;
-	__u8			tc_from_ingress:1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_REDIRECT
+	__u8			redirected:1;
+	__u8			from_ingress:1;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TLS_DEVICE
 	__u8			decrypted:1;
@@ -4579,5 +4581,31 @@ static inline __wsum lco_csum(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return csum_partial(l4_hdr, csum_start - l4_hdr, partial);
 }
 
+static inline bool skb_is_redirected(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_REDIRECT
+	return skb->redirected;
+#else
+	return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline void skb_set_redirected(struct sk_buff *skb, bool from_ingress)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_REDIRECT
+	skb->redirected = 1;
+	skb->from_ingress = from_ingress;
+	if (skb->from_ingress)
+		skb->tstamp = 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline void skb_reset_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_REDIRECT
+	skb->redirected = 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif	/* _LINUX_SKBUFF_H */
diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index 151208704ed2e6d71c6a06afcd1473e68428c88b..c30f914867e6441f8f8704c0e2e2d0c35495c933 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -675,22 +675,6 @@ void __qdisc_calculate_pkt_len(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			       const struct qdisc_size_table *stab);
 int skb_do_redirect(struct sk_buff *);
 
-static inline void skb_reset_tc(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
-	skb->tc_redirected = 0;
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline bool skb_is_tc_redirected(const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
-	return skb->tc_redirected;
-#else
-	return false;
-#endif
-}
-
 static inline bool skb_at_tc_ingress(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 2eeb0e55f7c9342dc45f9eb99d438988e1a625dc..df8d8c9bd0218d63ccfb4637addcdb04b48a68f6 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ config NET_INGRESS
 config NET_EGRESS
 	bool
 
+config NET_REDIRECT
+	bool
+
 config SKB_EXTENSIONS
 	bool
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 402a986659cf5d0afb61d9b7795ef44bdbae2c85..500bba8874b0077b606a325248079858c6402b8d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4516,7 +4516,7 @@ static u32 netif_receive_generic_xdp(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/* Reinjected packets coming from act_mirred or similar should
 	 * not get XDP generic processing.
 	 */
-	if (skb_is_tc_redirected(skb))
+	if (skb_is_redirected(skb))
 		return XDP_PASS;
 
 	/* XDP packets must be linear and must have sufficient headroom
@@ -5063,7 +5063,7 @@ static int __netif_receive_skb_core(struct sk_buff *skb, bool pfmemalloc,
 			goto out;
 	}
 #endif
-	skb_reset_tc(skb);
+	skb_reset_redirect(skb);
 skip_classify:
 	if (pfmemalloc && !skb_pfmemalloc_protocol(skb))
 		goto drop;
diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index acc849df60b5aa6acb66ee50dbecb6f51f699ba4..d0641bba6b813f3dde358f435bf799b4f8238e8a 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -3362,7 +3362,7 @@ static void pktgen_xmit(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev)
 			/* skb was 'freed' by stack, so clean few
 			 * bits and reuse it
 			 */
-			skb_reset_tc(skb);
+			skb_reset_redirect(skb);
 		} while (--burst > 0);
 		goto out; /* Skips xmit_mode M_START_XMIT */
 	} else if (pkt_dev->xmit_mode == M_QUEUE_XMIT) {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_fwd_netdev.c b/net/netfilter/nft_fwd_netdev.c
index 74f050ba6badc9dcf22a039484e4e44a57d8ea69..3087e23297dbf7010e4237c8b0ec6bb1c2355911 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_fwd_netdev.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_fwd_netdev.c
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ static void nft_fwd_netdev_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	struct nft_fwd_netdev *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	int oif = regs->data[priv->sreg_dev];
 
-	/* These are used by ifb only. */
-	pkt->skb->tc_redirected = 1;
-	pkt->skb->tc_from_ingress = 1;
+	/* This is used by ifb only. */
+	skb_set_redirected(pkt->skb, true);
 
 	nf_fwd_netdev_egress(pkt, oif);
 	regs->verdict.code = NF_STOLEN;
diff --git a/net/sched/act_mirred.c b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
index 1ad300e6dbc0a0bfad2c278101e6f3446752ec2e..83dd82fc9f40ce800b99eae5c0b279dce5b2c1c9 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_mirred.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
@@ -284,10 +284,8 @@ static int tcf_mirred_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 
 	/* mirror is always swallowed */
 	if (is_redirect) {
-		skb2->tc_redirected = 1;
-		skb2->tc_from_ingress = skb2->tc_at_ingress;
-		if (skb2->tc_from_ingress)
-			skb2->tstamp = 0;
+		skb_set_redirected(skb2, skb2->tc_at_ingress);
+
 		/* let's the caller reinsert the packet, if possible */
 		if (use_reinsert) {
 			res->ingress = want_ingress;