diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index b0e2493085b0136d96d5fa2ef399b457d5899535..311ca266bd77ac62558f89069797d200acb5d668 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -5251,7 +5251,6 @@ e1000_netpoll(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	disable_irq(adapter->pdev->irq);
 	e1000_intr(adapter->pdev->irq, netdev);
-	e1000_clean_tx_irq(adapter, adapter->tx_ring);
 #ifndef CONFIG_E1000_NAPI
 	adapter->clean_rx(adapter, adapter->rx_ring);
 #endif