diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
index 1d1ff2fa8ae19b98c0e358f66bc074497005e762..783c4ed963958ff12646c38622dfe818647fce4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
@@ -1364,11 +1364,10 @@ static void cdc_ncm_status(struct usbnet *dev, struct urb *urb)
 		 * USB_CDC_NOTIFY_NETWORK_CONNECTION notification shall be
 		 * sent by device after USB_CDC_NOTIFY_SPEED_CHANGE.
 		 */
-		ctx->connected = le16_to_cpu(event->wValue);
 		netif_info(dev, link, dev->net,
 			   "network connection: %sconnected\n",
-			   ctx->connected ? "" : "dis");
-		usbnet_link_change(dev, ctx->connected, 0);
+			   !!event->wValue ? "" : "dis");
+		usbnet_link_change(dev, !!event->wValue, 0);
 		break;
 
 	case USB_CDC_NOTIFY_SPEED_CHANGE:
@@ -1388,23 +1387,11 @@ static void cdc_ncm_status(struct usbnet *dev, struct urb *urb)
 	}
 }
 
-static int cdc_ncm_check_connect(struct usbnet *dev)
-{
-	struct cdc_ncm_ctx *ctx;
-
-	ctx = (struct cdc_ncm_ctx *)dev->data[0];
-	if (ctx == NULL)
-		return 1;	/* disconnected */
-
-	return !ctx->connected;
-}
-
 static const struct driver_info cdc_ncm_info = {
 	.description = "CDC NCM",
 	.flags = FLAG_POINTTOPOINT | FLAG_NO_SETINT | FLAG_MULTI_PACKET,
 	.bind = cdc_ncm_bind,
 	.unbind = cdc_ncm_unbind,
-	.check_connect = cdc_ncm_check_connect,
 	.manage_power = usbnet_manage_power,
 	.status = cdc_ncm_status,
 	.rx_fixup = cdc_ncm_rx_fixup,
@@ -1418,7 +1405,6 @@ static const struct driver_info wwan_info = {
 			| FLAG_WWAN,
 	.bind = cdc_ncm_bind,
 	.unbind = cdc_ncm_unbind,
-	.check_connect = cdc_ncm_check_connect,
 	.manage_power = usbnet_manage_power,
 	.status = cdc_ncm_status,
 	.rx_fixup = cdc_ncm_rx_fixup,
@@ -1432,7 +1418,6 @@ static const struct driver_info wwan_noarp_info = {
 			| FLAG_WWAN | FLAG_NOARP,
 	.bind = cdc_ncm_bind,
 	.unbind = cdc_ncm_unbind,
-	.check_connect = cdc_ncm_check_connect,
 	.manage_power = usbnet_manage_power,
 	.status = cdc_ncm_status,
 	.rx_fixup = cdc_ncm_rx_fixup,
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/huawei_cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/huawei_cdc_ncm.c
index 312178d7b698e06a6bc97ede9c7c1eb49510c322..f9822bc75425a9bacc2dcd8915344c6373778a2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/huawei_cdc_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/huawei_cdc_ncm.c
@@ -172,24 +172,11 @@ static int huawei_cdc_ncm_resume(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int huawei_cdc_ncm_check_connect(struct usbnet *usbnet_dev)
-{
-	struct cdc_ncm_ctx *ctx;
-
-	ctx = (struct cdc_ncm_ctx *)usbnet_dev->data[0];
-
-	if (ctx == NULL)
-		return 1; /* disconnected */
-
-	return !ctx->connected;
-}
-
 static const struct driver_info huawei_cdc_ncm_info = {
 	.description = "Huawei CDC NCM device",
 	.flags = FLAG_NO_SETINT | FLAG_MULTI_PACKET | FLAG_WWAN,
 	.bind = huawei_cdc_ncm_bind,
 	.unbind = huawei_cdc_ncm_unbind,
-	.check_connect = huawei_cdc_ncm_check_connect,
 	.manage_power = huawei_cdc_ncm_manage_power,
 	.rx_fixup = cdc_ncm_rx_fixup,
 	.tx_fixup = cdc_ncm_tx_fixup,
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h b/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
index cde506731c48786ac9c339dcefce30f8d84f6b29..8c5e38819828b0c525f94e9558e9f4e232d978ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ struct cdc_ncm_ctx {
 	u16 tx_ndp_modulus;
 	u16 tx_seq;
 	u16 rx_seq;
-	u16 connected;
 	u16 min_tx_pkt;
 
 	/* statistics */