diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
index 24e069c574b0..4ae2371940bc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -1243,25 +1243,6 @@ static void dpaa2_eth_get_stats(struct net_device *net_dev,
 	}
 }
 
-static int dpaa2_eth_change_mtu(struct net_device *net_dev, int mtu)
-{
-	struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(net_dev);
-	int err;
-
-	/* Set the maximum Rx frame length to match the transmit side;
-	 * account for L2 headers when computing the MFL
-	 */
-	err = dpni_set_max_frame_length(priv->mc_io, 0, priv->mc_token,
-					(u16)DPAA2_ETH_L2_MAX_FRM(mtu));
-	if (err) {
-		netdev_err(net_dev, "dpni_set_max_frame_length() failed\n");
-		return err;
-	}
-
-	net_dev->mtu = mtu;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /* Copy mac unicast addresses from @net_dev to @priv.
  * Its sole purpose is to make dpaa2_eth_set_rx_mode() more readable.
  */
@@ -1469,7 +1450,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops dpaa2_eth_ops = {
 	.ndo_init = dpaa2_eth_init,
 	.ndo_set_mac_address = dpaa2_eth_set_addr,
 	.ndo_get_stats64 = dpaa2_eth_get_stats,
-	.ndo_change_mtu = dpaa2_eth_change_mtu,
 	.ndo_set_rx_mode = dpaa2_eth_set_rx_mode,
 	.ndo_set_features = dpaa2_eth_set_features,
 	.ndo_do_ioctl = dpaa2_eth_ioctl,
@@ -2385,6 +2365,12 @@ static int netdev_init(struct net_device *net_dev)
 
 	/* Set MTU upper limit; lower limit is 68B (default value) */
 	net_dev->max_mtu = DPAA2_ETH_MAX_MTU;
+	err = dpni_set_max_frame_length(priv->mc_io, 0, priv->mc_token,
+					(u16)DPAA2_ETH_MFL);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(dev, "dpni_set_max_frame_length() failed\n");
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	/* Set actual number of queues in the net device */
 	num_queues = dpaa2_eth_queue_count(priv);