diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index f5f5eb96059e3823cfc43ae9ad06e1683c4dd8da..45dc8c293a3024ec89f7bbfae4094ee000ffb805 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ static int mlx5e_enable_rq(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_rq_param *param)
 	MLX5_SET(rqc,  rqc, cqn,		c->rq.cq.mcq.cqn);
 	MLX5_SET(rqc,  rqc, state,		MLX5_RQC_STATE_RST);
 	MLX5_SET(rqc,  rqc, flush_in_error_en,	1);
-	MLX5_SET(wq,   wq,  wq_type,		MLX5_WQ_TYPE_LINKED_LIST);
 	MLX5_SET(wq,   wq,  log_wq_pg_sz,	rq->wq_ctrl.buf.page_shift -
 						PAGE_SHIFT);
 	MLX5_SET64(wq, wq,  dbr_addr,		rq->wq_ctrl.db.dma);