struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = NULL;
        struct ixgbe_hw *hw;
        const struct ixgbe_info *ii = ixgbe_info_tbl[ent->driver_data];
-       int i, err, pci_using_dac, expected_gts;
        unsigned int indices = MAX_TX_QUEUES;
        u8 part_str[IXGBE_PBANUM_LENGTH];
+       int i, err, expected_gts;
        bool disable_dev = false;
 #ifdef IXGBE_FCOE
        u16 device_caps;
        if (err)
                return err;
 
-       if (!dma_set_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) {
-               pci_using_dac = 1;
-       } else {
-               err = dma_set_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
-               if (err) {
-                       dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-                               "No usable DMA configuration, aborting\n");
-                       goto err_dma;
-               }
-               pci_using_dac = 0;
+       err = dma_set_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
+       if (err) {
+               dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+                       "No usable DMA configuration, aborting\n");
+               goto err_dma;
        }
 
        err = pci_request_mem_regions(pdev, ixgbe_driver_name);
                netdev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_NTUPLE |
                                       NETIF_F_HW_TC;
 
-       if (pci_using_dac)
-               netdev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
+       netdev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 
        netdev->vlan_features |= netdev->features | NETIF_F_TSO_MANGLEID;
        netdev->hw_enc_features |= netdev->vlan_features;