diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
index 4f3c965f5997..208e0048709b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
@@ -547,7 +547,6 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(primary_flag, 0444, efx_ef10_show_primary_flag, NULL);
 static int efx_ef10_probe(struct efx_nic *efx)
 {
 	struct efx_ef10_nic_data *nic_data;
-	struct net_device *net_dev = efx->net_dev;
 	int i, rc;
 
 	/* We can have one VI for each 8K region.  However, until we
@@ -637,7 +636,6 @@ static int efx_ef10_probe(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto fail5;
 	efx->port_num = rc;
-	net_dev->dev_port = rc;
 
 	rc = efx->type->get_mac_address(efx, efx->net_dev->perm_addr);
 	if (rc)