diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index 16281ad2da12c04ee8324ec85835b541479788c5..3cbf290952577126146ffcd80eed202320f5aa52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -1994,12 +1994,6 @@ static int bcmgenet_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	bcmgenet_set_hw_addr(priv, dev->dev_addr);
 
-	if (priv->wol_enabled) {
-		ret = bcmgenet_wol_resume(priv);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	if (phy_is_internal(priv->phydev)) {
 		reg = bcmgenet_ext_readl(priv, EXT_EXT_PWR_MGMT);
 		reg |= EXT_ENERGY_DET_MASK;
@@ -2161,9 +2155,6 @@ static int bcmgenet_close(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (phy_is_internal(priv->phydev))
 		bcmgenet_power_down(priv, GENET_POWER_PASSIVE);
 
-	if (priv->wol_enabled)
-		clk_enable(priv->clk_wol);
-
 	if (!IS_ERR(priv->clk))
 		clk_disable_unprepare(priv->clk);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
index e23c993b13625bca2af3addbde66609c2f3202f0..f4891a1b67588bb0d6b8f2ba9fdffa77e08732c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
@@ -583,7 +583,6 @@ struct bcmgenet_priv {
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
 
 	/* WOL */
-	unsigned long wol_enabled;
 	struct clk *clk_wol;
 	u32 wolopts;