netdev->netdev_ops = &i40evf_netdev_ops;
        i40evf_set_ethtool_ops(netdev);
        netdev->watchdog_timeo = 5 * HZ;
-
-       netdev->features |= NETIF_F_SG |
+       netdev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA |
+                           NETIF_F_SG |
                            NETIF_F_IP_CSUM |
                            NETIF_F_SCTP_CSUM |
                            NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM |
        struct net_device *netdev;
        struct i40evf_adapter *adapter = NULL;
        struct i40e_hw *hw = NULL;
-       int err, pci_using_dac;
+       int err;
 
        err = pci_enable_device(pdev);
        if (err)
                return err;
 
        if (!dma_set_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) {
-               pci_using_dac = true;
                /* coherent mask for the same size will always succeed if
                 * dma_set_mask does
                 */
                dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
        } else if (!dma_set_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))) {
-               pci_using_dac = false;
                dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
        } else {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: DMA configuration failed: %d\n",
 
        pci_set_drvdata(pdev, netdev);
        adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-       if (pci_using_dac)
-               netdev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 
        adapter->netdev = netdev;
        adapter->pdev = pdev;