diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
index 50ab50f1908b..858ceffbeeaa 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ static int addr4_resolve(struct sockaddr_in *src_in,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	src_in->sin_family = AF_INET;
 	src_in->sin_addr.s_addr = fl4.saddr;
 
 	/* If there's a gateway and type of device not ARPHRD_INFINIBAND, we're
@@ -429,10 +428,8 @@ static int addr6_resolve(struct sockaddr_in6 *src_in,
 		return ret;
 
 	rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
-	if (ipv6_addr_any(&src_in->sin6_addr)) {
-		src_in->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+	if (ipv6_addr_any(&src_in->sin6_addr))
 		src_in->sin6_addr = fl6.saddr;
-	}
 
 	/* If there's a gateway and type of device not ARPHRD_INFINIBAND, we're
 	 * definitely in RoCE v2 (as RoCE v1 isn't routable) set the network