diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 617f850bdb3a43707a3d63770a8a6192d447cbcc..160976929dfed0e5f0938a5e47e91fd089f25c78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -1663,22 +1663,9 @@ static int macsec_offload(int (* const func)(struct macsec_context *),
 	if (ctx->offload == MACSEC_OFFLOAD_PHY)
 		mutex_lock(&ctx->phydev->lock);
 
-	/* Phase I: prepare. The drive should fail here if there are going to be
-	 * issues in the commit phase.
-	 */
-	ctx->prepare = true;
-	ret = (*func)(ctx);
-	if (ret)
-		goto phy_unlock;
-
-	/* Phase II: commit. This step cannot fail. */
 	ctx->prepare = false;
 	ret = (*func)(ctx);
-	/* This should never happen: commit is not allowed to fail */
-	if (unlikely(ret))
-		WARN(1, "MACsec offloading commit failed (%d)\n", ret);
 
-phy_unlock:
 	if (ctx->offload == MACSEC_OFFLOAD_PHY)
 		mutex_unlock(&ctx->phydev->lock);