diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_tgec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_tgec.c
index efabb04a1ae8..4b0f3a50b293 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_tgec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_tgec.c
@@ -722,9 +722,6 @@ int tgec_free(struct fman_mac *tgec)
 {
 	free_init_resources(tgec);
 
-	if (tgec->cfg)
-		tgec->cfg = NULL;
-
 	kfree(tgec->cfg);
 	kfree(tgec);