diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index e5ed8231317a12a2bc381882f4a4f47ec4c0da36..13c7ac9046118d8c5d887f98962e448a35446211 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -1149,15 +1149,6 @@ static void _ionic_lif_rx_mode(struct ionic_lif *lif, unsigned int rx_mode,
 	}
 }
 
-static void ionic_dev_uc_sync(struct net_device *netdev, bool from_ndo)
-{
-	if (from_ndo)
-		__dev_uc_sync(netdev, ionic_ndo_addr_add, ionic_ndo_addr_del);
-	else
-		__dev_uc_sync(netdev, ionic_addr_add, ionic_addr_del);
-
-}
-
 static void ionic_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *netdev, bool from_ndo)
 {
 	struct ionic_lif *lif = netdev_priv(netdev);
@@ -1177,7 +1168,10 @@ static void ionic_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *netdev, bool from_ndo)
 	 *       we remove our overflow flag and check the netdev flags
 	 *       to see if we can disable NIC PROMISC
 	 */
-	ionic_dev_uc_sync(netdev, from_ndo);
+	if (from_ndo)
+		__dev_uc_sync(netdev, ionic_ndo_addr_add, ionic_ndo_addr_del);
+	else
+		__dev_uc_sync(netdev, ionic_addr_add, ionic_addr_del);
 	nfilters = le32_to_cpu(lif->identity->eth.max_ucast_filters);
 	if (netdev_uc_count(netdev) + 1 > nfilters) {
 		rx_mode |= IONIC_RX_MODE_F_PROMISC;
@@ -1189,7 +1183,10 @@ static void ionic_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *netdev, bool from_ndo)
 	}
 
 	/* same for multicast */
-	ionic_dev_uc_sync(netdev, from_ndo);
+	if (from_ndo)
+		__dev_mc_sync(netdev, ionic_ndo_addr_add, ionic_ndo_addr_del);
+	else
+		__dev_mc_sync(netdev, ionic_addr_add, ionic_addr_del);
 	nfilters = le32_to_cpu(lif->identity->eth.max_mcast_filters);
 	if (netdev_mc_count(netdev) > nfilters) {
 		rx_mode |= IONIC_RX_MODE_F_ALLMULTI;