} while (read_seqretry(&hh->hh_lock, seq));
 
        skb_push(skb, hh_len);
-       return hh->hh_output(skb);
+       return dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 }
 
 static inline int neigh_output(struct neighbour *n, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
        struct hh_cache *hh = &n->hh;
-       if (hh->hh_len)
+       if ((n->nud_state & NUD_CONNECTED) && hh->hh_len)
                return neigh_hh_output(hh, skb);
        else
                return n->output(skb);
 
  */
 static void neigh_suspect(struct neighbour *neigh)
 {
-       struct hh_cache *hh;
-
        NEIGH_PRINTK2("neigh %p is suspected.\n", neigh);
 
        neigh->output = neigh->ops->output;
-
-       hh = &neigh->hh;
-       if (hh->hh_len)
-               hh->hh_output = neigh->ops->output;
 }
 
 /* Neighbour state is OK;
  */
 static void neigh_connect(struct neighbour *neigh)
 {
-       struct hh_cache *hh;
-
        NEIGH_PRINTK2("neigh %p is connected.\n", neigh);
 
        neigh->output = neigh->ops->connected_output;
-
-       hh = &neigh->hh;
-       if (hh->hh_len)
-               hh->hh_output = dev_queue_xmit;
 }
 
 static void neigh_periodic_work(struct work_struct *work)
        /* Only one thread can come in here and initialize the
         * hh_cache entry.
         */
-       if (hh->hh_len)
-               goto end;
-
-       if (dev->header_ops->cache(n, hh, prot))
-               goto end;
-
-       if (n->nud_state & NUD_CONNECTED)
-               hh->hh_output = dev_queue_xmit;
-       else
-               hh->hh_output = n->ops->output;
+       if (!hh->hh_len)
+               dev->header_ops->cache(n, hh, prot);
 
-end:
        write_unlock_bh(&n->lock);
 }
 
 
                              dst_metric(&r->dst, RTAX_RTTVAR)),
                        r->rt_key_tos,
                        -1,
-                       (r->dst.neighbour ?
-                        (r->dst.neighbour->hh.hh_output ==
-                         dev_queue_xmit) : 0),
+                       (r->dst.neighbour &&
+                        (r->dst.neighbour->nud_state & NUD_CONNECTED)) ?
+                          1 : 0,
                        r->rt_spec_dst, &len);
 
                seq_printf(seq, "%*s\n", 127 - len, "");