diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
index bdb53fa410222..ec4f79049a061 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
@@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ void chtls_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
 	chtls_purge_write_queue(sk);
 	free_tls_keyid(sk);
 	kref_put(&csk->kref, chtls_sock_release);
-	csk->cdev = NULL;
 	if (sk->sk_family == AF_INET)
 		sk->sk_prot = &tcp_prot;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)