diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ethtool.c
index 42ecb493c1a24..9081f36ee1f79 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ethtool.c
@@ -1508,18 +1508,13 @@ static int igc_set_rxfh(struct net_device *netdev, const u32 *indir,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static unsigned int igc_max_channels(struct igc_adapter *adapter)
-{
-	return igc_get_max_rss_queues(adapter);
-}
-
 static void igc_get_channels(struct net_device *netdev,
 			     struct ethtool_channels *ch)
 {
 	struct igc_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
 	/* Report maximum channels */
-	ch->max_combined = igc_max_channels(adapter);
+	ch->max_combined = igc_get_max_rss_queues(adapter);
 
 	/* Report info for other vector */
 	if (adapter->flags & IGC_FLAG_HAS_MSIX) {
@@ -1546,7 +1541,7 @@ static int igc_set_channels(struct net_device *netdev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Verify the number of channels doesn't exceed hw limits */
-	max_combined = igc_max_channels(adapter);
+	max_combined = igc_get_max_rss_queues(adapter);
 	if (count > max_combined)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index 398a9307af2bd..843e8a2aaf24d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -2731,12 +2731,7 @@ void igc_set_flag_queue_pairs(struct igc_adapter *adapter,
 
 unsigned int igc_get_max_rss_queues(struct igc_adapter *adapter)
 {
-	unsigned int max_rss_queues;
-
-	/* Determine the maximum number of RSS queues supported. */
-	max_rss_queues = IGC_MAX_RX_QUEUES;
-
-	return max_rss_queues;
+	return IGC_MAX_RX_QUEUES;
 }
 
 static void igc_init_queue_configuration(struct igc_adapter *adapter)