diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_l3s.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_l3s.c
index d5b05e8032199a7bd10380547df7d5e82e667f69..ca35a50bb64053df88a1ec0bc24fb05987583cd4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_l3s.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_l3s.c
@@ -224,5 +224,4 @@ void ipvlan_l3s_unregister(struct ipvl_port *port)
 
 	dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER;
 	ipvlan_unregister_nf_hook(read_pnet(&port->pnet));
-	dev->l3mdev_ops = NULL;
 }