diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h
index 0329d7ecff0c5c1e606bf89b267c93483a7556f3..64d4bf97aa91fbfbdeda501a259cd1439d3f33d5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h
@@ -115,20 +115,6 @@ static inline void sas_fail_probe(struct domain_device *dev, const char *func, i
 		func, dev->parent ? "exp-attached" :
 		"direct-attached",
 		SAS_ADDR(dev->sas_addr), err);
-
-	/*
-	 * If the device probe failed, the expander phy attached address
-	 * needs to be reset so that the phy will not be treated as flutter
-	 * in the next revalidation
-	 */
-	if (dev->parent && !dev_is_expander(dev->dev_type)) {
-		struct sas_phy *phy = dev->phy;
-		struct domain_device *parent = dev->parent;
-		struct ex_phy *ex_phy = &parent->ex_dev.ex_phy[phy->number];
-
-		memset(ex_phy->attached_sas_addr, 0, SAS_ADDR_SIZE);
-	}
-
 	sas_unregister_dev(dev->port, dev);
 }