diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
index fdcad8d6a5a0..db24f7dfa00f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
@@ -3069,7 +3069,7 @@ static int cma_resolve_iboe_route(struct rdma_id_private *id_priv)
 	route->path_rec->traffic_class = tos;
 	route->path_rec->mtu = iboe_get_mtu(ndev->mtu);
 	route->path_rec->rate_selector = IB_SA_EQ;
-	route->path_rec->rate = iboe_get_rate(ndev);
+	route->path_rec->rate = IB_RATE_PORT_CURRENT;
 	dev_put(ndev);
 	route->path_rec->packet_life_time_selector = IB_SA_EQ;
 	/* In case ACK timeout is set, use this value to calculate
@@ -4719,7 +4719,7 @@ static int cma_iboe_join_multicast(struct rdma_id_private *id_priv,
 	if (!ndev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	ib.rec.rate = iboe_get_rate(ndev);
+	ib.rec.rate = IB_RATE_PORT_CURRENT;
 	ib.rec.hop_limit = 1;
 	ib.rec.mtu = iboe_get_mtu(ndev->mtu);
 
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_addr.h b/include/rdma/ib_addr.h
index b0e636ac6690..8c5c9582c4fb 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_addr.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_addr.h
@@ -193,29 +193,6 @@ static inline enum ib_mtu iboe_get_mtu(int mtu)
 		return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int iboe_get_rate(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct ethtool_link_ksettings cmd;
-	int err;
-
-	rtnl_lock();
-	err = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(dev, &cmd);
-	rtnl_unlock();
-	if (err)
-		return IB_RATE_PORT_CURRENT;
-
-	if (cmd.base.speed >= 40000)
-		return IB_RATE_40_GBPS;
-	else if (cmd.base.speed >= 30000)
-		return IB_RATE_30_GBPS;
-	else if (cmd.base.speed >= 20000)
-		return IB_RATE_20_GBPS;
-	else if (cmd.base.speed >= 10000)
-		return IB_RATE_10_GBPS;
-	else
-		return IB_RATE_PORT_CURRENT;
-}
-
 static inline int rdma_link_local_addr(struct in6_addr *addr)
 {
 	if (addr->s6_addr32[0] == htonl(0xfe800000) &&