diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
index bff89a437b760c9d8f2630531e67bbd577629a79..4cbb2f9850be554c9ec48afd7479b4fcd9e5ebc2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
@@ -3782,7 +3782,6 @@ int t4_port_init(struct adapter *adap, int mbox, int pf, int vf)
 		p->lport = j;
 		p->rss_size = rss_size;
 		memcpy(adap->port[i]->dev_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
-		adap->port[i]->dev_id = j;
 
 		ret = ntohl(c.u.info.lstatus_to_modtype);
 		p->mdio_addr = (ret & FW_PORT_CMD_MDIOCAP) ?