diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 1e1df54c5d31..a178c5efd33e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -598,8 +598,6 @@ static const struct header_ops macvlan_hard_header_ops = {
 	.cache_update	= eth_header_cache_update,
 };
 
-static struct rtnl_link_ops macvlan_link_ops;
-
 static int macvlan_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -615,8 +613,7 @@ static int macvlan_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		goto hash_add;
 	}
 
-	if (lowerdev->features & NETIF_F_HW_L2FW_DOFFLOAD &&
-	    dev->rtnl_link_ops == &macvlan_link_ops) {
+	if (lowerdev->features & NETIF_F_HW_L2FW_DOFFLOAD) {
 		vlan->fwd_priv =
 		      lowerdev->netdev_ops->ndo_dfwd_add_station(lowerdev, dev);