diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index f496f97165690486e2bf91a391e99aca65a4b1ee..74f8158df2b03b0dbba2fa3ba962b640cbec8850 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -3014,14 +3014,6 @@ static int mvneta_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		goto err_cleanup_txqs;
 	}
 
-	/* Even though the documentation says that request_percpu_irq
-	 * doesn't enable the interrupts automatically, it actually
-	 * does so on the local CPU.
-	 *
-	 * Make sure it's disabled.
-	 */
-	mvneta_percpu_disable(pp);
-
 	/* Enable per-CPU interrupt on all the CPU to handle our RX
 	 * queue interrupts
 	 */