diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 2b799f4f1c37100f06eab93aef628d4124182230..16af338880c3f64886c7703f36a20b40247a731e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -515,10 +515,6 @@ static void build_inline_wqe(struct mlx4_en_tx_desc *tx_desc, struct sk_buff *sk
 		wmb();
 		inl->byte_count = cpu_to_be32(1 << 31 | (skb->len - spc));
 	}
-	tx_desc->ctrl.vlan_tag = cpu_to_be16(*vlan_tag);
-	tx_desc->ctrl.ins_vlan = MLX4_WQE_CTRL_INS_VLAN *
-		(!!vlan_tx_tag_present(skb));
-	tx_desc->ctrl.fence_size = (real_size / 16) & 0x3f;
 }
 
 u16 mlx4_en_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)