diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c
index 23fb319fd2a04..40ee0242a80ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ static s32 fm10k_reset_hw_pf(struct fm10k_hw *hw)
 	fm10k_write_flush(hw);
 	udelay(FM10K_RESET_TIMEOUT);
 
-	/* Reset mailbox global interrupts */
-	reg = FM10K_MBX_GLOBAL_REQ_INTERRUPT | FM10K_MBX_GLOBAL_ACK_INTERRUPT;
-	fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_GMBX, reg);
-
 	/* Verify we made it out of reset */
 	reg = fm10k_read_reg(hw, FM10K_IP);
 	if (!(reg & FM10K_IP_NOTINRESET))