diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb3/t3_hw.c b/drivers/net/cxgb3/t3_hw.c
index 95a8ba0759f1..427c451be1a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb3/t3_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb3/t3_hw.c
@@ -679,14 +679,6 @@ int t3_seeprom_wp(struct adapter *adapter, int enable)
 	return t3_seeprom_write(adapter, EEPROM_STAT_ADDR, enable ? 0xc : 0);
 }
 
-/*
- * Convert a character holding a hex digit to a number.
- */
-static unsigned int hex2int(unsigned char c)
-{
-	return isdigit(c) ? c - '0' : toupper(c) - 'A' + 10;
-}
-
 /**
  *	get_vpd_params - read VPD parameters from VPD EEPROM
  *	@adapter: adapter to read
@@ -727,15 +719,15 @@ static int get_vpd_params(struct adapter *adapter, struct vpd_params *p)
 		p->port_type[0] = uses_xaui(adapter) ? 1 : 2;
 		p->port_type[1] = uses_xaui(adapter) ? 6 : 2;
 	} else {
-		p->port_type[0] = hex2int(vpd.port0_data[0]);
-		p->port_type[1] = hex2int(vpd.port1_data[0]);
+		p->port_type[0] = hex_to_bin(vpd.port0_data[0]);
+		p->port_type[1] = hex_to_bin(vpd.port1_data[0]);
 		p->xauicfg[0] = simple_strtoul(vpd.xaui0cfg_data, NULL, 16);
 		p->xauicfg[1] = simple_strtoul(vpd.xaui1cfg_data, NULL, 16);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
-		p->eth_base[i] = hex2int(vpd.na_data[2 * i]) * 16 +
-				 hex2int(vpd.na_data[2 * i + 1]);
+		p->eth_base[i] = hex_to_bin(vpd.na_data[2 * i]) * 16 +
+				 hex_to_bin(vpd.na_data[2 * i + 1]);
 	return 0;
 }