diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index a6704b555042..467689f96016 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -11740,7 +11740,7 @@ static int bnx2x_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	rc = bnx2x_nic_load(bp, LOAD_OPEN);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
-	return bnx2x_open_epilog(bp);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* called with rtnl_lock */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
index 7991f10e1a98..03cfee1aa2b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
@@ -3635,29 +3635,6 @@ alloc_mem_err:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-int bnx2x_open_epilog(struct bnx2x *bp)
-{
-	/* Enable sriov via delayed work. This must be done via delayed work
-	 * because it causes the probe of the vf devices to be run, which invoke
-	 * register_netdevice which must have rtnl lock taken. As we are holding
-	 * the lock right now, that could only work if the probe would not take
-	 * the lock. However, as the probe of the vf may be called from other
-	 * contexts as well (such as passthrough to vm fails) it can't assume
-	 * the lock is being held for it. Using delayed work here allows the
-	 * probe code to simply take the lock (i.e. wait for it to be released
-	 * if it is being held). We only want to do this if the number of VFs
-	 * was set before PF driver was loaded.
-	 */
-	if (IS_SRIOV(bp) && BNX2X_NR_VIRTFN(bp)) {
-		smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
-		set_bit(BNX2X_SP_RTNL_ENABLE_SRIOV, &bp->sp_rtnl_state);
-		smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
-		schedule_delayed_work(&bp->sp_rtnl_task, 0);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 void bnx2x_iov_channel_down(struct bnx2x *bp)
 {
 	int vf_idx;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.h
index 059f0d460af2..1ff6a9366629 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.h
@@ -782,7 +782,6 @@ static inline int bnx2x_vf_headroom(struct bnx2x *bp)
 void bnx2x_pf_set_vfs_vlan(struct bnx2x *bp);
 int bnx2x_sriov_configure(struct pci_dev *dev, int num_vfs);
 void bnx2x_iov_channel_down(struct bnx2x *bp);
-int bnx2x_open_epilog(struct bnx2x *bp);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_BNX2X_SRIOV */
 
@@ -842,7 +841,6 @@ static inline int bnx2x_vf_pci_alloc(struct bnx2x *bp) {return 0; }
 static inline void bnx2x_pf_set_vfs_vlan(struct bnx2x *bp) {}
 static inline int bnx2x_sriov_configure(struct pci_dev *dev, int num_vfs) {return 0; }
 static inline void bnx2x_iov_channel_down(struct bnx2x *bp) {}
-static inline int bnx2x_open_epilog(struct bnx2x *bp) {return 0; }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_BNX2X_SRIOV */
 #endif /* bnx2x_sriov.h */