diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c
index 7c6d5081242e1c1e1e62a8207f9e5e3420d5b0ee..21bef2ca2ac04d5230666c980688a349557015d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,6 @@ int w5100_probe(struct device *dev, const struct w5100_ops *ops,
 
 	ndev->netdev_ops = &w5100_netdev_ops;
 	ndev->ethtool_ops = &w5100_ethtool_ops;
-	ndev->watchdog_timeo = HZ;
 	netif_napi_add(ndev, &priv->napi, w5100_napi_poll, 16);
 
 	/* This chip doesn't support VLAN packets with normal MTU,