diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
index 6463f320c3247bb230cc2945b4723596bbc6f972..950a45694b2ebe851979a28532050fdf969cbd6c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -444,8 +444,6 @@ static int netvsc_drv_init(int (*drv_init)(struct hv_driver *drv))
 	struct hv_driver *drv = &netvsc_drv.base;
 	int ret;
 
-	net_drv_obj->ring_buf_size = ring_size * PAGE_SIZE;
-
 	/* Callback to client driver to complete the initialization */
 	drv_init(&net_drv_obj->base);