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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c6
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c5
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index b847bd105b16..29ad1797adce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -1788,12 +1788,6 @@ static int i40e_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
- if (ether_addr_equal(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data)) {
- netdev_info(netdev, "already using mac address %pM\n",
- addr->sa_data);
- return 0;
- }
-
if (test_bit(__I40E_DOWN, pf->state) ||
test_bit(__I40E_RESET_RECOVERY_PENDING, pf->state))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
index a0283b5bf65f..65bf399a0efc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
@@ -5624,11 +5624,6 @@ static int ice_set_mac_address(struct net_device *netdev, void *pi)
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
- if (ether_addr_equal(netdev->dev_addr, mac)) {
- netdev_dbg(netdev, "already using mac %pM\n", mac);
- return 0;
- }
-
if (test_bit(ICE_DOWN, pf->state) ||
ice_is_reset_in_progress(pf->state)) {
netdev_err(netdev, "can't set mac %pM. device not ready\n",