diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.c
index d758848d34d0..696e45e2bd06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.c
@@ -32,20 +32,17 @@ static void tout_set(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u64 val, enum mlx5_timeouts_type
 	dev->timeouts->to[type] = val;
 }
 
-void mlx5_tout_set_def_val(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+int mlx5_tout_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_TIMEOUT_TYPES; i++)
-		tout_set(dev, tout_def_sw_val[i], i);
-}
-
-int mlx5_tout_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
-{
 	dev->timeouts = kmalloc(sizeof(*dev->timeouts), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev->timeouts)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_TIMEOUT_TYPES; i++)
+		tout_set(dev, tout_def_sw_val[i], i);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.h
index 257c03eeab36..bc9e9aeda847 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ int mlx5_tout_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_tout_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_tout_query_iseg(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 int mlx5_tout_query_dtor(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
-void mlx5_tout_set_def_val(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 u64 _mlx5_tout_ms(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, enum mlx5_timeouts_types type);
 
 #define mlx5_tout_ms(dev, type) _mlx5_tout_ms(dev, MLX5_TO_##type##_MS)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 95f26624b57c..ba2e5232b90b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1023,8 +1023,6 @@ static int mlx5_function_setup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u64 timeout)
 	if (mlx5_core_is_pf(dev))
 		pcie_print_link_status(dev->pdev);
 
-	mlx5_tout_set_def_val(dev);
-
 	/* wait for firmware to accept initialization segments configurations
 	 */
 	err = wait_fw_init(dev, timeout,