diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 12c99a2655f265d96ee3646d419a742f1bc4b609..3a47e83d3e0772279516ec2b1b91f0bec8019438 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -2202,7 +2202,6 @@ void mlx4_en_destroy_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	if (!shutdown)
 		free_netdev(dev);
-	dev->ethtool_ops = NULL;
 }
 
 static int mlx4_en_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)