diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 99d9e953fe3953adf96cc44cf85be380b6b3ff55..39f8dd6a2821620fca1c1ba932065435da41ab6c 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1604,7 +1604,6 @@ struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *src_net, struct net *net,
 	dev_net_set(dev, net);
 	dev->rtnl_link_ops = ops;
 	dev->rtnl_link_state = RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZING;
-	dev->real_num_tx_queues = real_num_queues;
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_MTU])
 		dev->mtu = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]);