diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 3c3499d928b9a9b137380ef6afa012feb3f8ab5e..ca427eb323690b486262fb5b5f5c2ae14c095b69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -1619,7 +1619,6 @@ static void ql_process_mac_rx_skb(struct ql_adapter *qdev,
 	}
 
 	prefetch(skb->data);
-	skb->dev = ndev;
 	if (ib_mac_rsp->flags1 & IB_MAC_IOCB_RSP_M_MASK) {
 		netif_printk(qdev, rx_status, KERN_DEBUG, qdev->ndev,
 			     "%s Multicast.\n",
@@ -1934,7 +1933,6 @@ static void ql_process_mac_split_rx_intr(struct ql_adapter *qdev,
 	}
 
 	prefetch(skb->data);
-	skb->dev = ndev;
 	if (ib_mac_rsp->flags1 & IB_MAC_IOCB_RSP_M_MASK) {
 		netif_printk(qdev, rx_status, KERN_DEBUG, qdev->ndev, "%s Multicast.\n",
 			     (ib_mac_rsp->flags1 & IB_MAC_IOCB_RSP_M_MASK) ==