diff --git a/src/runtime/proc.go b/src/runtime/proc.go
index 44c6d0b4e4..db7a5b2bb1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/proc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/proc.go
@@ -3387,12 +3387,8 @@ top:
 	// blocked thread (e.g. it has already returned from netpoll, but does
 	// not set lastpoll yet), this thread will do blocking netpoll below
 	// anyway.
-	// We only poll from one thread at a time to avoid kernel contention
-	// on machines with many cores.
-	if netpollinited() && netpollAnyWaiters() && sched.lastpoll.Load() != 0 && sched.pollingNet.Swap(1) == 0 {
-		list, delta := netpoll(0)
-		sched.pollingNet.Store(0)
-		if !list.empty() { // non-blocking
+	if netpollinited() && netpollAnyWaiters() && sched.lastpoll.Load() != 0 {
+		if list, delta := netpoll(0); !list.empty() { // non-blocking
 			gp := list.pop()
 			injectglist(&list)
 			netpollAdjustWaiters(delta)
diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime2.go b/src/runtime/runtime2.go
index f7371c450b..05cf345baf 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime2.go
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime2.go
@@ -756,10 +756,9 @@ type p struct {
 }
 
 type schedt struct {
-	goidgen    atomic.Uint64
-	lastpoll   atomic.Int64 // time of last network poll, 0 if currently polling
-	pollUntil  atomic.Int64 // time to which current poll is sleeping
-	pollingNet atomic.Int32 // 1 if some P doing non-blocking network poll
+	goidgen   atomic.Uint64
+	lastpoll  atomic.Int64 // time of last network poll, 0 if currently polling
+	pollUntil atomic.Int64 // time to which current poll is sleeping
 
 	lock mutex