diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
index bdafc85fd874d..fc91bbf7d0c37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
@@ -464,8 +464,6 @@ int mlx5_modify_nic_vport_node_guid(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 	void *in;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!vport)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, vport_group_manager))
 		return -EACCES;