diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
index 029babe713f3d6e002475fc89c7cbe5689dd5cb1..30a54f8aa42c0f77fc2fedc3b77f2963a97522ff 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
@@ -1473,7 +1473,6 @@ static int bnxt_re_ib_reg(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 			 &rdev->active_width);
 	set_bit(BNXT_RE_FLAG_ISSUE_ROCE_STATS, &rdev->flags);
 	bnxt_re_dispatch_event(&rdev->ibdev, NULL, 1, IB_EVENT_PORT_ACTIVE);
-	bnxt_re_dispatch_event(&rdev->ibdev, NULL, 1, IB_EVENT_GID_CHANGE);
 
 	return 0;
 free_sctx: