diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/pd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/pd.c
index a42b4c0a9ed90a592067c5276f9ca7e16aaa7525..609c59dc854e987a073e32cb4ff2c08736998edb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/pd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/pd.c
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ int mlx4_bf_alloc(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_bf *bf, int node)
 		list_add(&uar->bf_list, &priv->bf_list);
 	}
 
-	bf->uar = uar;
 	idx = ffz(uar->free_bf_bmap);
 	uar->free_bf_bmap |= 1 << idx;
 	bf->uar = uar;