diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 317d56647a4a3b8965b155be0fcfc83b0bdc157e..1c953981f73fbd747bbdcc8d62d75f41a4f32d09 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -930,7 +930,6 @@ static int qeth_l3_iqd_read_initial_mac(struct qeth_card *card)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 	struct qeth_cmd_buffer *iob;
-	struct qeth_ipa_cmd *cmd;
 
 	QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "hsrmac");
 
@@ -938,9 +937,6 @@ static int qeth_l3_iqd_read_initial_mac(struct qeth_card *card)
 				 IPA_DATA_SIZEOF(create_destroy_addr));
 	if (!iob)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	cmd = __ipa_cmd(iob);
-	*((__u16 *) &cmd->data.create_destroy_addr.unique_id[6]) =
-			card->info.unique_id;
 
 	rc = qeth_send_ipa_cmd(card, iob, qeth_l3_iqd_read_initial_mac_cb,
 				NULL);