diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index aeffc22c004a..444b025a866f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -2072,7 +2072,6 @@ static void qeth_l2_vnicc_init(struct qeth_card *card)
 	error |= qeth_l2_vnicc_recover_timeout(card, QETH_VNICC_LEARNING,
 					       timeout);
 	chars_tmp = card->options.vnicc.wanted_chars ^ QETH_VNICC_DEFAULT;
-	chars_tmp |= QETH_VNICC_BRIDGE_INVISIBLE;
 	chars_len = sizeof(card->options.vnicc.wanted_chars) * BITS_PER_BYTE;
 	for_each_set_bit(i, &chars_tmp, chars_len) {
 		vnicc = BIT(i);