diff --git a/benchmarks/perftest/Makefile b/benchmarks/perftest/Makefile
index d8cc37b584510..ab673cf51ccf1 100644
--- a/benchmarks/perftest/Makefile
+++ b/benchmarks/perftest/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	perftest
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	4.4-0.7
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=    4.5-0.17
 CATEGORIES=	benchmarks
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ IGNORE=		missing OFED user space
 .endif
 
 USES=		autoreconf libtool shebangfix
-
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	linux-rdma
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/perftest/distinfo b/benchmarks/perftest/distinfo
index f6705b7a97687..94e010a588b77 100644
--- a/benchmarks/perftest/distinfo
+++ b/benchmarks/perftest/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1566073436
-SHA256 (linux-rdma-perftest-v4.4-0.7_GH0.tar.gz) = d1cd744cbb1cf7dfca811ff5c280045fba7589fa40c784ef6bc905d12b6e66a7
-SIZE (linux-rdma-perftest-v4.4-0.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 147748
+TIMESTAMP = 1710663419
+SHA256 (linux-rdma-perftest-v4.5-0.17_GH0.tar.gz) = e0cce1eed8414d9c22e58b5cc65b43718ea341b6020a08266b751695ef2b620a
+SIZE (linux-rdma-perftest-v4.5-0.17_GH0.tar.gz) = 139410
diff --git a/benchmarks/perftest/files/patch-src_raw__ethernet__resources.c b/benchmarks/perftest/files/patch-src_raw__ethernet__resources.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 3df8be949e886..0000000000000
--- a/benchmarks/perftest/files/patch-src_raw__ethernet__resources.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- src/raw_ethernet_resources.c.orig	2019-07-28 11:18:47 UTC
-+++ src/raw_ethernet_resources.c
-@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
- #include <config.h>
- #endif
- 
--struct perftest_parameters* duration_param;
-+extern struct perftest_parameters* duration_param;
- 
- int check_flow_steering_support(char *dev_name)
- {