diff --git a/drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c b/drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c
index 5f67540e669c..d9d0e13efe47 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c
@@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ static int ieee802154_fake_close(struct net_device *dev)
 static netdev_tx_t ieee802154_fake_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					      struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	skb->skb_iif = dev->ifindex;
-	skb->dev = dev;
-
 	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
 	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;