diff --git a/app/test-pmd/csumonly.c b/app/test-pmd/csumonly.c
index 8adac07cb61..ffec25f3087 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/csumonly.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/csumonly.c
@@ -888,10 +888,6 @@ pkt_burst_checksum_forward(struct fwd_stream *fs)
 		 * and inner headers */
 
 		eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct rte_ether_hdr *);
-		rte_ether_addr_copy(&peer_eth_addrs[fs->peer_addr],
-				&eth_hdr->d_addr);
-		rte_ether_addr_copy(&ports[fs->tx_port].eth_addr,
-				&eth_hdr->s_addr);
 		parse_ethernet(eth_hdr, &info);
 		l3_hdr = (char *)eth_hdr + info.l2_len;