diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index fafb8c299540..553b6686dd31 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2993,7 +2993,6 @@ static int qeth_l3_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 			tag = (u16 *)(new_skb->data + 12);
 			*tag = __constant_htons(ETH_P_8021Q);
 			*(tag + 1) = htons(vlan_tx_tag_get(new_skb));
-			new_skb->vlan_tci = 0;
 		}
 	}