diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
index 4e4b6e3b30d76db06a22f360ae0f714b66ac2f76..bd28e42bee2bafcefefe8ed902ef8d4d564dfef2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
@@ -2839,7 +2839,6 @@ int nfp_net_netdev_init(struct net_device *netdev)
 		return err;
 
 	/* Finalise the netdev setup */
-	ether_setup(netdev);
 	netdev->netdev_ops = &nfp_net_netdev_ops;
 	netdev->watchdog_timeo = msecs_to_jiffies(5 * 1000);