diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 4cdb414aa2d51713c565c8bfb2ae1b00c33a2c50..16885827367bfd9153f96faaf7c2afedc6c6a5b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1563,8 +1563,6 @@ static void shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	int err;
 
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Shutdown was called\n");
-	/* Notify mlx5 clients that the kernel is being shut down */
-	set_bit(MLX5_INTERFACE_STATE_SHUTDOWN, &dev->intf_state);
 	err = mlx5_try_fast_unload(dev);
 	if (err)
 		mlx5_unload_one(dev, priv, false);
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index 918f5e644506d29a14a78e3d02e1bca2a66de225..205d82d4c468717ac26050358acb65a968481097 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -674,7 +674,6 @@ enum mlx5_device_state {
 
 enum mlx5_interface_state {
 	MLX5_INTERFACE_STATE_UP = BIT(0),
-	MLX5_INTERFACE_STATE_SHUTDOWN = BIT(1),
 };
 
 enum mlx5_pci_status {