diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
index 8f563b446d5c..dc31501fec8f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
@@ -800,14 +800,6 @@ static int stmmac_ethtool_op_set_eee(struct net_device *dev,
 		netdev_warn(priv->dev,
 			    "Setting EEE tx-lpi is not supported\n");
 
-	if (priv->hw->xpcs) {
-		ret = xpcs_config_eee(priv->hw->xpcs,
-				      priv->plat->mult_fact_100ns,
-				      edata->eee_enabled);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	if (!edata->eee_enabled)
 		stmmac_disable_eee_mode(priv);