adapter->alloc_rx_buf(adapter, ring,
                                      E1000_DESC_UNUSED(ring));
        }
-
-       adapter->tx_queue_len = netdev->tx_queue_len;
 }
 
 int e1000_up(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
        del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
        del_timer_sync(&adapter->phy_info_timer);
 
-       netdev->tx_queue_len = adapter->tx_queue_len;
        adapter->link_speed = 0;
        adapter->link_duplex = 0;
        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
                                E1000_CTRL_RFCE) ? "RX" : ((ctrl &
                                E1000_CTRL_TFCE) ? "TX" : "None" )));
 
-                       /* tweak tx_queue_len according to speed/duplex
-                        * and adjust the timeout factor */
-                       netdev->tx_queue_len = adapter->tx_queue_len;
+                       /* adjust timeout factor according to speed/duplex */
                        adapter->tx_timeout_factor = 1;
                        switch (adapter->link_speed) {
                        case SPEED_10:
                                txb2b = false;
-                               netdev->tx_queue_len = 10;
                                adapter->tx_timeout_factor = 16;
                                break;
                        case SPEED_100:
                                txb2b = false;
-                               netdev->tx_queue_len = 100;
                                /* maybe add some timeout factor ? */
                                break;
                        }