diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
index d4496e9afcdf37d12043a9db6beb2dbe76e6daa6..8b2c31e2a2b0281d6ca8c70bbf3a520bdd15eb31 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
@@ -1355,7 +1355,6 @@ nicvf_sq_add_hdr_subdesc(struct nicvf *nic, struct snd_queue *sq, int qentry,
 
 	/* Offload checksum calculation to HW */
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
-		hdr->csum_l3 = 1; /* Enable IP csum calculation */
 		hdr->l3_offset = skb_network_offset(skb);
 		hdr->l4_offset = skb_transport_offset(skb);