diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
index d26cf0ab9e..aa1e8aac51 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -1197,7 +1197,6 @@ eth_ixgbe_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params __rte_unused)
 	diag = ixgbe_bypass_init_hw(hw);
 #else
 	diag = ixgbe_init_hw(hw);
-	hw->mac.autotry_restart = false;
 #endif /* RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_BYPASS */
 
 	/*
@@ -1308,8 +1307,6 @@ eth_ixgbe_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params __rte_unused)
 	/* enable support intr */
 	ixgbe_enable_intr(eth_dev);
 
-	ixgbe_dev_set_link_down(eth_dev);
-
 	/* initialize filter info */
 	memset(filter_info, 0,
 	       sizeof(struct ixgbe_filter_info));