static void i40e_config_xps_tx_ring(struct i40e_ring *ring)
 {
        struct i40e_vsi *vsi = ring->vsi;
-       cpumask_var_t mask;
 
        if (!ring->q_vector || !ring->netdev)
                return;
 
-       /* Single TC mode enable XPS */
-       if (vsi->tc_config.numtc <= 1) {
-               if (!test_and_set_bit(__I40E_TX_XPS_INIT_DONE, &ring->state))
-                       netif_set_xps_queue(ring->netdev,
-                                           &ring->q_vector->affinity_mask,
-                                           ring->queue_index);
-       } else if (alloc_cpumask_var(&mask, GFP_KERNEL)) {
-               /* Disable XPS to allow selection based on TC */
-               bitmap_zero(cpumask_bits(mask), nr_cpumask_bits);
-               netif_set_xps_queue(ring->netdev, mask, ring->queue_index);
-               free_cpumask_var(mask);
+       if ((vsi->tc_config.numtc <= 1) &&
+           !test_and_set_bit(__I40E_TX_XPS_INIT_DONE, &ring->state)) {
+               netif_set_xps_queue(ring->netdev,
+                                   &ring->q_vector->affinity_mask,
+                                   ring->queue_index);
        }
 
        /* schedule our worker thread which will take care of