diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
index df429bb4eb44a2135121f9ae188e3b96e7affb3b..37f0f5f950d841c3839757db11336b83576ed103 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ i40e_status i40e_acquire_nvm(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 		}
 		if (ret_code) {
 			hw->nvm.hw_semaphore_timeout = 0;
-			hw->nvm.hw_semaphore_wait =
-						I40E_MS_TO_GTIME(time) + gtime;
 			i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM,
 				   "NVM acquire timed out, wait %llu ms before trying again.\n",
 				   time);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_type.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_type.h
index 3904dd8ea1f15a8034d8b771c759173a2bfa6993..306a23a489b185c88a4847be13be100e3e82af99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_type.h
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ enum i40e_aq_resource_access_type {
 
 struct i40e_nvm_info {
 	u64 hw_semaphore_timeout; /* 2usec global time (GTIME resolution) */
-	u64 hw_semaphore_wait;    /* - || - */
 	u32 timeout;              /* [ms] */
 	u16 sr_size;              /* Shadow RAM size in words */
 	bool blank_nvm_mode;      /* is NVM empty (no FW present)*/
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_type.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_type.h
index 77abe17217f9b354b463af6895e4d60927a813a3..9d472d6b28bda13d6b615063ac49bd2b0fcc6cc1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_type.h
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ enum i40e_aq_resource_access_type {
 
 struct i40e_nvm_info {
 	u64 hw_semaphore_timeout; /* 2usec global time (GTIME resolution) */
-	u64 hw_semaphore_wait;    /* - || - */
 	u32 timeout;              /* [ms] */
 	u16 sr_size;              /* Shadow RAM size in words */
 	bool blank_nvm_mode;      /* is NVM empty (no FW present)*/