diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c b/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
index 3679a43f4eb0..8152e14250f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
@@ -2394,8 +2394,7 @@ static void sfp_sm_module(struct sfp *sfp, unsigned int event)
 
 	/* Handle remove event globally, it resets this state machine */
 	if (event == SFP_E_REMOVE) {
-		if (sfp->sm_mod_state > SFP_MOD_PROBE)
-			sfp_sm_mod_remove(sfp);
+		sfp_sm_mod_remove(sfp);
 		sfp_sm_mod_next(sfp, SFP_MOD_EMPTY, 0);
 		return;
 	}