diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
index 08ec2f3c5977c0d594a020ec895ca531f823abde..1341fde8d53fa27f319bfd8fff75f439afcc959f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ ice_get_settings_link_up(struct ethtool_link_ksettings *ks,
  */
 static void
 ice_get_settings_link_down(struct ethtool_link_ksettings *ks,
-			   struct net_device __always_unused *netdev)
+			   struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	/* link is down and the driver needs to fall back on
 	 * supported PHY types to figure out what info to display