diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_dcb_nl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_dcb_nl.c
index 0f91222ea3d77dd1a2ff29c90521da77d560c9f3..9d4a1ea030d84a95055afbc07a08dd131d885f8d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_dcb_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_dcb_nl.c
@@ -207,9 +207,6 @@ static int mlx4_en_dcbnl_ieee_getmaxrate(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int i;
 
-	if (!priv->maxrate)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < IEEE_8021QAZ_MAX_TCS; i++)
 		maxrate->tc_maxrate[i] =
 			priv->maxrate[i] * MLX4_RATELIMIT_UNITS_IN_KB;