diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index d587a05cc228886c833d554a5f00903f46abb8b3..91f8cbffa6a8d4b3475ecb6cf8b9e0778964a71a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ struct i40e_pf {
 #ifdef I40E_FCOE
 #define I40E_FLAG_FCOE_ENABLED			BIT_ULL(11)
 #endif /* I40E_FCOE */
-#define I40E_FLAG_IN_NETPOLL			BIT_ULL(12)
 #define I40E_FLAG_16BYTE_RX_DESC_ENABLED	BIT_ULL(13)
 #define I40E_FLAG_CLEAN_ADMINQ			BIT_ULL(14)
 #define I40E_FLAG_FILTER_SYNC			BIT_ULL(15)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 5ed844b730572a2aa28bf382d6be06cc6c83bd73..389f110ee734140f629463c9390bc425143f1f07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -3574,14 +3574,12 @@ static void i40e_netpoll(struct net_device *netdev)
 	if (test_bit(__I40E_DOWN, &vsi->state))
 		return;
 
-	pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_IN_NETPOLL;
 	if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_MSIX_ENABLED) {
 		for (i = 0; i < vsi->num_q_vectors; i++)
 			i40e_msix_clean_rings(0, vsi->q_vectors[i]);
 	} else {
 		i40e_intr(pf->pdev->irq, netdev);
 	}
-	pf->flags &= ~I40E_FLAG_IN_NETPOLL;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index b560e0257ba6a2a12184b1c7bda77689d3f7cfc0..e1fac3b1e0880fa7edb41128d65e23aeb36ffa4e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1268,16 +1268,11 @@ static void i40e_receive_skb(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring,
 			     struct sk_buff *skb, u16 vlan_tag)
 {
 	struct i40e_q_vector *q_vector = rx_ring->q_vector;
-	struct i40e_vsi *vsi = rx_ring->vsi;
-	u64 flags = vsi->back->flags;
 
 	if (vlan_tag & VLAN_VID_MASK)
 		__vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), vlan_tag);
 
-	if (flags & I40E_FLAG_IN_NETPOLL)
-		netif_rx(skb);
-	else
-		napi_gro_receive(&q_vector->napi, skb);
+	napi_gro_receive(&q_vector->napi, skb);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index 1894cc8c0524bc270bba946cc8ed481ea9d8359f..5d3a8bd91abf760059a75e1910a5cb09e9b5e4eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -742,16 +742,11 @@ static void i40e_receive_skb(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring,
 			     struct sk_buff *skb, u16 vlan_tag)
 {
 	struct i40e_q_vector *q_vector = rx_ring->q_vector;
-	struct i40e_vsi *vsi = rx_ring->vsi;
-	u64 flags = vsi->back->flags;
 
 	if (vlan_tag & VLAN_VID_MASK)
 		__vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), vlan_tag);
 
-	if (flags & I40E_FLAG_IN_NETPOLL)
-		netif_rx(skb);
-	else
-		napi_gro_receive(&q_vector->napi, skb);
+	napi_gro_receive(&q_vector->napi, skb);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
index 6f427113d621dd09efcf7f05ab298cee4fac6a8d..c74f614fef77146840128ef4bf4cca21785437ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ struct i40evf_adapter {
 #define I40EVF_FLAG_RX_1BUF_CAPABLE              BIT(1)
 #define I40EVF_FLAG_RX_PS_CAPABLE                BIT(2)
 #define I40EVF_FLAG_RX_PS_ENABLED                BIT(3)
-#define I40EVF_FLAG_IN_NETPOLL                   BIT(4)
 #define I40EVF_FLAG_IMIR_ENABLED                 BIT(5)
 #define I40EVF_FLAG_MQ_CAPABLE                   BIT(6)
 #define I40EVF_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE             BIT(7)
@@ -224,7 +223,6 @@ struct i40evf_adapter {
 /* duplicates for common code */
 #define I40E_FLAG_FDIR_ATR_ENABLED		 0
 #define I40E_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED			 0
-#define I40E_FLAG_IN_NETPOLL			 I40EVF_FLAG_IN_NETPOLL
 #define I40E_FLAG_RX_CSUM_ENABLED                I40EVF_FLAG_RX_CSUM_ENABLED
 #define I40E_FLAG_WB_ON_ITR_CAPABLE		I40EVF_FLAG_WB_ON_ITR_CAPABLE
 #define I40E_FLAG_OUTER_UDP_CSUM_CAPABLE	I40EVF_FLAG_OUTER_UDP_CSUM_CAPABLE