diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c
index e3f81c7e0ce74fa185773d3fc5f1284abf88d0e4..58d210bbb3112fd79d0a6b939c5fc5c2a911b067 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c
@@ -3966,7 +3966,6 @@ static void hclge_reset_event(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct hnae3_handle *handle)
 	 *    normalcy is to reset.
 	 * 2. A new reset request from the stack due to timeout
 	 *
-	 * For the first case,error event might not have ae handle available.
 	 * check if this is a new reset request and we are not here just because
 	 * last reset attempt did not succeed and watchdog hit us again. We will
 	 * know this if last reset request did not occur very recently (watchdog
@@ -3976,8 +3975,6 @@ static void hclge_reset_event(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct hnae3_handle *handle)
 	 * want to make sure we throttle the reset request. Therefore, we will
 	 * not allow it again before 3*HZ times.
 	 */
-	if (!handle)
-		handle = &hdev->vport[0].nic;
 
 	if (time_before(jiffies, (hdev->last_reset_time +
 				  HCLGE_RESET_INTERVAL))) {