diff --git a/drivers/net/can/xilinx_can.c b/drivers/net/can/xilinx_can.c
index 89aec07c225f..389a9603db8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/xilinx_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/xilinx_can.c
@@ -600,7 +600,6 @@ static void xcan_err_interrupt(struct net_device *ndev, u32 isr)
 	if (isr & XCAN_IXR_RXOFLW_MASK) {
 		stats->rx_over_errors++;
 		stats->rx_errors++;
-		priv->write_reg(priv, XCAN_SRR_OFFSET, XCAN_SRR_RESET_MASK);
 		if (skb) {
 			cf->can_id |= CAN_ERR_CRTL;
 			cf->data[1] |= CAN_ERR_CRTL_RX_OVERFLOW;