diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
index a2dc167adb6c..2f24d5c584e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ struct stmmac_rx_queue {
 	unsigned int buf_alloc_num;
 	unsigned int napi_skb_frag_size;
 	dma_addr_t dma_rx_phy;
-	u32 rx_tail_addr;
 	unsigned int state_saved;
 	struct {
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index d4129e9a0fb6..dafd3a3e9844 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -388,8 +388,9 @@ static void stmmac_set_queue_rx_tail_ptr(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
 	 * descriptiors are only supported with dwmac1000 (<v4.0) which
 	 * does not implement .set_rx_tail_ptr
 	 */
-	rx_q->rx_tail_addr = rx_q->dma_rx_phy + index * sizeof(struct dma_desc);
-	stmmac_set_rx_tail_ptr(priv, priv->ioaddr, rx_q->rx_tail_addr, chan);
+	u32 rx_tail_addr = rx_q->dma_rx_phy + index * sizeof(struct dma_desc);
+
+	stmmac_set_rx_tail_ptr(priv, priv->ioaddr, rx_tail_addr, chan);
 }
 
 /**