1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 257357ae66c3..c27d9867e20d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -3328,8 +3328,6 @@ static int ixgbevf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
                 goto err_sw_init;
 
         /* The HW MAC address was set and/or determined in sw_init */
-        memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr, netdev->addr_len);
-
         if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
                 pr_err("invalid MAC address\n");
                 err = -EIO;