diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
index 20c957e..0c80e4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
@@ -177,17 +177,12 @@ struct mlx5_counter_ctrl {
 	struct mlx5_xstats_ctrl *xstats_ctrl = &priv->xstats_ctrl;
 	unsigned int i;
 	unsigned int j;
-	char ifname[IF_NAMESIZE];
 	struct ifreq ifr;
 	struct ethtool_drvinfo drvinfo;
 	struct ethtool_gstrings *strings = NULL;
 	unsigned int dev_stats_n;
 	unsigned int str_sz;
 
-	if (priv_get_ifname(priv, &ifname)) {
-		WARN("unable to get interface name");
-		return;
-	}
 	/* How many statistics are available. */
 	drvinfo.cmd = ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO;
 	ifr.ifr_data = (caddr_t)&drvinfo;