diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
index 1d4518638215c..7934f0d17277d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ enum ice_state {
 	__ICE_NEEDS_RESTART,
 	__ICE_PREPARED_FOR_RESET,	/* set by driver when prepared */
 	__ICE_RESET_OICR_RECV,		/* set by driver after rcv reset OICR */
-	__ICE_DCBNL_DEVRESET,		/* set by dcbnl devreset */
 	__ICE_PFR_REQ,			/* set by driver and peers */
 	__ICE_CORER_REQ,		/* set by driver and peers */
 	__ICE_GLOBR_REQ,		/* set by driver and peers */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb_nl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb_nl.c
index 468a63f7eff92..4180f1f35fb89 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb_nl.c
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ static void ice_dcbnl_devreset(struct net_device *netdev)
 	while (ice_is_reset_in_progress(pf->state))
 		usleep_range(1000, 2000);
 
-	set_bit(__ICE_DCBNL_DEVRESET, pf->state);
 	dev_close(netdev);
 	netdev_state_change(netdev);
 	dev_open(netdev, NULL);
 	netdev_state_change(netdev);
-	clear_bit(__ICE_DCBNL_DEVRESET, pf->state);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
index 7ac2beaed95c8..d13c7fc8fb0a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
@@ -3078,7 +3078,6 @@ int ice_vsi_rebuild(struct ice_vsi *vsi, bool init_vsi)
 bool ice_is_reset_in_progress(unsigned long *state)
 {
 	return test_bit(__ICE_RESET_OICR_RECV, state) ||
-	       test_bit(__ICE_DCBNL_DEVRESET, state) ||
 	       test_bit(__ICE_PFR_REQ, state) ||
 	       test_bit(__ICE_CORER_REQ, state) ||
 	       test_bit(__ICE_GLOBR_REQ, state);