diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/tlan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/tlan.c
index 561703317312e2bbcc1047eeb7f2271b0895be7a..ece0ea0f6b38b40eb2e2ece7b00b60128b328df9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/tlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/tlan.c
@@ -1651,7 +1651,6 @@ static u32 tlan_handle_tx_eoc(struct net_device *dev, u16 host_int)
 	dma_addr_t		head_list_phys;
 	u32			ack = 1;
 
-	host_int = 0;
 	if (priv->tlan_rev < 0x30) {
 		TLAN_DBG(TLAN_DEBUG_TX,
 			 "TRANSMIT:  handling TX EOC (Head=%d Tail=%d) -- IRQ\n",