diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index ebeaf95b9521f515fcf64e5d8bafa9d266511bd2..2af28fd37bff4c8003774d467b5e83e54ce9b084 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ struct i40e_pf {
 	u16 pf_seid;
 	u16 main_vsi_seid;
 	u16 mac_seid;
-	struct i40e_aqc_get_switch_config_data *sw_config;
 	struct kobject *switch_kobj;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 	struct dentry *i40e_dbg_pf;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index d9a6c692f15051da7d86d1fee5a137004ad57616..4ba519281010ce04d851026c740ce869be548dc7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -7990,15 +7990,6 @@ int i40e_fetch_switch_configuration(struct i40e_pf *pf, bool printconfig)
 				 "header: %d reported %d total\n",
 				 num_reported, num_total);
 
-		if (num_reported) {
-			int sz = sizeof(*sw_config) * num_reported;
-
-			kfree(pf->sw_config);
-			pf->sw_config = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (pf->sw_config)
-				memcpy(pf->sw_config, sw_config, sz);
-		}
-
 		for (i = 0; i < num_reported; i++) {
 			struct i40e_aqc_switch_config_element_resp *ele =
 				&sw_config->element[i];
@@ -8718,7 +8709,6 @@ static void i40e_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	kfree(pf->qp_pile);
 	kfree(pf->irq_pile);
-	kfree(pf->sw_config);
 	kfree(pf->vsi);
 
 	/* force a PF reset to clean anything leftover */