diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index dc79225628471c8b75c827353ddddf5a683a68a1..8609b58b05cb795a056cd6ad12bfd65626e134b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ static void ipvlan_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
 static int ipvlan_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct net_device *phy_dev = ipvlan->phy_dev;
 	struct ipvl_addr *addr;
 
 	if (ipvlan->port->mode == IPVLAN_MODE_L3 ||
@@ -324,7 +323,7 @@ static int ipvlan_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		ipvlan_ht_addr_add(ipvlan, addr);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	return dev_uc_add(phy_dev, phy_dev->dev_addr);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ipvlan_stop(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -336,8 +335,6 @@ static int ipvlan_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev_uc_unsync(phy_dev, dev);
 	dev_mc_unsync(phy_dev, dev);
 
-	dev_uc_del(phy_dev, phy_dev->dev_addr);
-
 	ipvlan_local_uninit(dev);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(addr, &ipvlan->addrs, anode)