struct ptp_clock *ptp_clock;
        struct ptp_clock_info ptp_caps;
        struct sk_buff *ptp_tx_skb;
-       struct work_struct ptp_tx_work;
        struct hwtstamp_config tstamp_config;
-       unsigned long ptp_tx_start;
        unsigned long last_rx_ptp_check;
        spinlock_t tmreg_lock; /* Used to protect the device time registers. */
        u64 ptp_base_adj;
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * i40e_ptp_tx_work
- * @work: pointer to work struct
- *
- * This work function polls the PRTTSYN_STAT_0.TXTIME bit to determine when a
- * Tx timestamp event has occurred, in order to pass the Tx timestamp value up
- * the stack in the skb.
- */
-static void i40e_ptp_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-       struct i40e_pf *pf = container_of(work, struct i40e_pf,
-                                         ptp_tx_work);
-       struct i40e_hw *hw = &pf->hw;
-       u32 prttsyn_stat_0;
-
-       if (!pf->ptp_tx_skb)
-               return;
-
-       if (time_is_before_jiffies(pf->ptp_tx_start +
-                                  I40E_PTP_TX_TIMEOUT)) {
-               dev_kfree_skb_any(pf->ptp_tx_skb);
-               pf->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
-               pf->tx_hwtstamp_timeouts++;
-               dev_warn(&pf->pdev->dev, "clearing Tx timestamp hang\n");
-               return;
-       }
-
-       prttsyn_stat_0 = rd32(hw, I40E_PRTTSYN_STAT_0);
-       if (prttsyn_stat_0 & I40E_PRTTSYN_STAT_0_TXTIME_MASK)
-               i40e_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(pf);
-       else
-               schedule_work(&pf->ptp_tx_work);
-}
-
 /**
  * i40e_ptp_enable - Enable/disable ancillary features of the PHC subsystem
  * @ptp: The PTP clock structure
                u32 regval;
 
                spin_lock_init(&pf->tmreg_lock);
-               INIT_WORK(&pf->ptp_tx_work, i40e_ptp_tx_work);
 
                dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "%s: added PHC on %s\n", __func__,
                         netdev->name);
        pf->ptp_tx = false;
        pf->ptp_rx = false;
 
-       cancel_work_sync(&pf->ptp_tx_work);
        if (pf->ptp_tx_skb) {
                dev_kfree_skb_any(pf->ptp_tx_skb);
                pf->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;