diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index 4402a1e48c9b..0ce6ffe73ca8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -1268,8 +1268,6 @@ int mlx4_en_config_rss_steer(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv)
 		rss_context->hash_fn = MLX4_RSS_HASH_TOP;
 		memcpy(rss_context->rss_key, priv->rss_key,
 		       MLX4_EN_RSS_KEY_SIZE);
-		netdev_rss_key_fill(rss_context->rss_key,
-				    MLX4_EN_RSS_KEY_SIZE);
 	} else {
 		en_err(priv, "Unknown RSS hash function requested\n");
 		err = -EINVAL;