diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
index d9c9f86a30df953fa555934c5406057dcaf28960..d5a9372ed84d3127cf16c07bc43666651fe2486d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
@@ -1732,8 +1732,6 @@ static void mlx4_en_get_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	memset(channel, 0, sizeof(*channel));
-
 	channel->max_rx = MAX_RX_RINGS;
 	channel->max_tx = MLX4_EN_MAX_TX_RING_P_UP;
 
@@ -1752,10 +1750,7 @@ static int mlx4_en_set_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 	int xdp_count;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (channel->other_count || channel->combined_count ||
-	    channel->tx_count > MLX4_EN_MAX_TX_RING_P_UP ||
-	    channel->rx_count > MAX_RX_RINGS ||
-	    !channel->tx_count || !channel->rx_count)
+	if (!channel->tx_count || !channel->rx_count)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	tmp = kzalloc(sizeof(*tmp), GFP_KERNEL);