diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
index 70bce7a8d53843882a1ee62b4bde1f6a45ade9a3..d70a9b6b523977f7900961431c6e4bc75934364b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
@@ -191,10 +191,6 @@ void ipath_skip_sge(struct ipath_sge_state *ss, u32 length)
 {
 	struct ipath_sge *sge = &ss->sge;
 
-	while (length > sge->sge_length) {
-		length -= sge->sge_length;
-		ss->sge = *ss->sg_list++;
-	}
 	while (length) {
 		u32 len = sge->length;