diff --git a/drivers/staging/silicom/bpctl_mod.c b/drivers/staging/silicom/bpctl_mod.c
index 266becf8416998410f38a0d036c32e867827cd33..03b83b8c91cf2d86573cb829a738b84b396a304f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/silicom/bpctl_mod.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/silicom/bpctl_mod.c
@@ -4735,10 +4735,9 @@ static void bp_tpl_timer_fn(unsigned long param)
 
 static void remove_bypass_tpl_auto(struct bpctl_dev *pbpctl_dev)
 {
-	struct bpctl_dev *pbpctl_dev_b = NULL;
+	struct bpctl_dev *pbpctl_dev_b;
 	if (!pbpctl_dev)
 		return;
-	pbpctl_dev_b = get_status_port_fn(pbpctl_dev);
 
 	if (pbpctl_dev->bp_caps & TPL_CAP) {
 		del_timer_sync(&pbpctl_dev->bp_tpl_timer);
@@ -4785,12 +4784,10 @@ static int set_bypass_tpl_auto(struct bpctl_dev *pbpctl_dev, unsigned int param)
 static int set_tpl_fn(struct bpctl_dev *pbpctl_dev, int tpl_mode)
 {
 
-	struct bpctl_dev *pbpctl_dev_b = NULL;
+	struct bpctl_dev *pbpctl_dev_b;
 	if (!pbpctl_dev)
 		return -1;
 
-	pbpctl_dev_b = get_status_port_fn(pbpctl_dev);
-
 	if (pbpctl_dev->bp_caps & TPL_CAP) {
 		if (tpl_mode) {
 			pbpctl_dev_b = get_status_port_fn(pbpctl_dev);