diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
index 0688928cf2b1c55c4a633946ef017b0bcebe65de..39dc3bfa5d5de01166cc8aac4cd2ec48f7d0c829 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ int rxe_send(struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt, struct sk_buff *skb);
 struct sk_buff *rxe_init_packet(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rxe_av *av,
 				int paylen, struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt);
 int rxe_prepare(struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 *crc);
-enum rdma_link_layer rxe_link_layer(struct rxe_dev *rxe, unsigned int port_num);
 const char *rxe_parent_name(struct rxe_dev *rxe, unsigned int port_num);
 struct device *rxe_dma_device(struct rxe_dev *rxe);
 int rxe_mcast_add(struct rxe_dev *rxe, union ib_gid *mgid);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
index 312c2fc961c00fb1c98fdbf9ab7e5df5108eda82..0c3808611f9508508fd8d6fafe0cb078450e81ba 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
@@ -520,11 +520,6 @@ const char *rxe_parent_name(struct rxe_dev *rxe, unsigned int port_num)
 	return rxe->ndev->name;
 }
 
-enum rdma_link_layer rxe_link_layer(struct rxe_dev *rxe, unsigned int port_num)
-{
-	return IB_LINK_LAYER_ETHERNET;
-}
-
 int rxe_net_add(const char *ibdev_name, struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
index 0f5b3c062f329ae0a14d73ebf69b5fad499a14a4..74f071003690a653c467c1fa0b750a3bdaf7fb91 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
@@ -141,9 +141,7 @@ static int rxe_modify_port(struct ib_device *dev,
 static enum rdma_link_layer rxe_get_link_layer(struct ib_device *dev,
 					       u8 port_num)
 {
-	struct rxe_dev *rxe = to_rdev(dev);
-
-	return rxe_link_layer(rxe, port_num);
+	return IB_LINK_LAYER_ETHERNET;
 }
 
 static int rxe_alloc_ucontext(struct ib_ucontext *uctx, struct ib_udata *udata)