diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index 99067757feb3ddc05acf825630fdb5b01b4e67d2..99833f3ea34ec88978ffc989dfa087308681f595 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -1785,8 +1785,7 @@ static void i40evf_reset_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	i40evf_free_all_tx_resources(adapter);
 
 	/* kill and reinit the admin queue */
-	if (i40evf_shutdown_adminq(hw))
-		dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Failed to shut down adminq\n");
+	i40evf_shutdown_adminq(hw);
 	adapter->current_op = I40E_VIRTCHNL_OP_UNKNOWN;
 	err = i40evf_init_adminq(hw);
 	if (err)