diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 9276ca3f43f2730f2f8ca4eb4e9594fa6b0d0d8f..e2dbe0427cdfab6e89614ec0304e29743d6aa509 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -8898,7 +8898,6 @@ static void i40e_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	struct i40e_pf *pf = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	i40e_status ret_code;
-	u32 reg;
 	int i;
 
 	i40e_dbg_pf_exit(pf);
@@ -8976,11 +8975,6 @@ static void i40e_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	kfree(pf->irq_pile);
 	kfree(pf->vsi);
 
-	/* force a PF reset to clean anything leftover */
-	reg = rd32(&pf->hw, I40E_PFGEN_CTRL);
-	wr32(&pf->hw, I40E_PFGEN_CTRL, (reg | I40E_PFGEN_CTRL_PFSWR_MASK));
-	i40e_flush(&pf->hw);
-
 	iounmap(pf->hw.hw_addr);
 	kfree(pf);
 	pci_release_selected_regions(pdev,