diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_port.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_port.c
index 2dff8fad98176975aa4dcd69badaf4ef607867dc..ddf004bf667e6cd3d19ba83c0d04f0ffd77f76a0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_port.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_port.c
@@ -215,8 +215,6 @@ void sas_deform_port(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, int gone)
 	struct domain_device *dev;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	phy->phy->negotiated_linkrate = SAS_LINK_RATE_UNKNOWN;
-
 	if (!port)
 		return;		  /* done by a phy event */