diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/at803x.c b/drivers/net/phy/at803x.c
index 7d778b8deb94..ac29279d7bfb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/at803x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/at803x.c
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atheros 803x PHY driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Matus Ujhelyi");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-struct at803x_priv {
-	bool phy_reset:1;
-};
-
 struct at803x_context {
 	u16 bmcr;
 	u16 advertise;
@@ -232,20 +228,6 @@ static int at803x_resume(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	return phy_modify(phydev, MII_BMCR, BMCR_PDOWN | BMCR_ISOLATE, 0);
 }
 
-static int at803x_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
-{
-	struct device *dev = &phydev->mdio.dev;
-	struct at803x_priv *priv;
-
-	priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!priv)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	phydev->priv = priv;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int at803x_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -364,7 +346,6 @@ static struct phy_driver at803x_driver[] = {
 	.phy_id			= ATH8035_PHY_ID,
 	.name			= "Atheros 8035 ethernet",
 	.phy_id_mask		= AT803X_PHY_ID_MASK,
-	.probe			= at803x_probe,
 	.config_init		= at803x_config_init,
 	.set_wol		= at803x_set_wol,
 	.get_wol		= at803x_get_wol,
@@ -378,7 +359,6 @@ static struct phy_driver at803x_driver[] = {
 	.phy_id			= ATH8030_PHY_ID,
 	.name			= "Atheros 8030 ethernet",
 	.phy_id_mask		= AT803X_PHY_ID_MASK,
-	.probe			= at803x_probe,
 	.config_init		= at803x_config_init,
 	.link_change_notify	= at803x_link_change_notify,
 	.set_wol		= at803x_set_wol,
@@ -393,7 +373,6 @@ static struct phy_driver at803x_driver[] = {
 	.phy_id			= ATH8031_PHY_ID,
 	.name			= "Atheros 8031 ethernet",
 	.phy_id_mask		= AT803X_PHY_ID_MASK,
-	.probe			= at803x_probe,
 	.config_init		= at803x_config_init,
 	.set_wol		= at803x_set_wol,
 	.get_wol		= at803x_get_wol,