diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/rmnet_ipa.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/rmnet_ipa.c
index e13c8ac66bcb..fd008175b22c 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/rmnet_ipa.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/rmnet_ipa.c
@@ -2669,8 +2669,6 @@ static int ipa3_wwan_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		IPAWANERR("Failed to teardown APPS->IPA pipe\n");
 	else
 		rmnet_ipa3_ctx->apps_to_ipa3_hdl = -1;
-	if (ipa3_rmnet_res.ipa_napi_enable)
-		netif_napi_del(&(rmnet_ipa3_ctx->wwan_priv->napi));
 	mutex_unlock(&rmnet_ipa3_ctx->pipe_handle_guard);
 	IPAWANINFO("rmnet_ipa unregister_netdev\n");
 	unregister_netdev(IPA_NETDEV());