diff --git a/drivers/net/arcnet/com20020.c b/drivers/net/arcnet/com20020.c
index 13d9ad4b3f5c977e99f3ac2f38d3f244de3ae203..78043a9c5981e5a0b8d562879de0f77e0763aa75 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arcnet/com20020.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arcnet/com20020.c
@@ -246,8 +246,6 @@ int com20020_found(struct net_device *dev, int shared)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	dev->base_addr = ioaddr;
-
 	arc_printk(D_NORMAL, dev, "%s: station %02Xh found at %03lXh, IRQ %d.\n",
 		   lp->card_name, dev->dev_addr[0], dev->base_addr, dev->irq);