diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index c891b60937a7..b3f76e8071f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -2654,11 +2654,6 @@ static int macsec_upd_offload(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (ret)
 		goto rollback;
 
-	/* Force features update, since they are different for SW MACSec and
-	 * HW offloading cases.
-	 */
-	netdev_update_features(dev);
-
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	return 0;
 
@@ -3432,16 +3427,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t macsec_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#define SW_MACSEC_FEATURES \
+#define MACSEC_FEATURES \
 	(NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST)
 
-/* If h/w offloading is enabled, use real device features save for
- *   VLAN_FEATURES - they require additional ops
- *   HW_MACSEC - no reason to report it
- */
-#define REAL_DEV_FEATURES(dev) \
-	((dev)->features & ~(NETIF_F_VLAN_FEATURES | NETIF_F_HW_MACSEC))
-
 static int macsec_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct macsec_dev *macsec = macsec_priv(dev);
@@ -3458,12 +3446,8 @@ static int macsec_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	if (macsec_is_offloaded(macsec)) {
-		dev->features = REAL_DEV_FEATURES(real_dev);
-	} else {
-		dev->features = real_dev->features & SW_MACSEC_FEATURES;
-		dev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX | NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
-	}
+	dev->features = real_dev->features & MACSEC_FEATURES;
+	dev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX | NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
 
 	dev->needed_headroom = real_dev->needed_headroom +
 			       MACSEC_NEEDED_HEADROOM;
@@ -3495,10 +3479,7 @@ static netdev_features_t macsec_fix_features(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct macsec_dev *macsec = macsec_priv(dev);
 	struct net_device *real_dev = macsec->real_dev;
 
-	if (macsec_is_offloaded(macsec))
-		return REAL_DEV_FEATURES(real_dev);
-
-	features &= (real_dev->features & SW_MACSEC_FEATURES) |
+	features &= (real_dev->features & MACSEC_FEATURES) |
 		    NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE | NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES;
 	features |= NETIF_F_LLTX;