diff --git a/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c b/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c
index 37a4be57a2b7fdccd7ac9f5cc067d96e05b02b87..9a8bdea4a8ecdf58e84e5964ed0285cddd6fc8bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ static int bcm_enet_receive_queue(struct net_device *dev, int budget)
 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
 		priv->stats.rx_packets++;
 		priv->stats.rx_bytes += len;
-		dev->last_rx = jiffies;
 		netif_receive_skb(skb);
 
 	} while (--budget > 0);
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c b/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c
index 3f7ceaebd687a626937e4aaa89e35632aa4682c2..5f983487d6e4aa2ba0ce5abf8be0779343e7c9ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c
@@ -661,7 +661,6 @@ static int at91_poll_err(struct net_device *dev, int quota, u32 reg_sr)
 	at91_poll_err_frame(dev, cf, reg_sr);
 	netif_receive_skb(skb);
 
-	dev->last_rx = jiffies;
 	dev->stats.rx_packets++;
 	dev->stats.rx_bytes += cf->can_dlc;
 
@@ -898,7 +897,6 @@ static void at91_irq_err(struct net_device *dev)
 	at91_irq_err_state(dev, cf, new_state);
 	netif_rx(skb);
 
-	dev->last_rx = jiffies;
 	dev->stats.rx_packets++;
 	dev->stats.rx_bytes += cf->can_dlc;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index d0c3538271e3baada86cfd38521833b028abe7d4..960e98532ee26d4885d8b77666f6ec528a6c7dee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -611,7 +611,6 @@ static bool ixgbevf_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgbevf_q_vector *q_vector,
 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, adapter->netdev);
 
 		ixgbevf_receive_skb(q_vector, skb, staterr, rx_ring, rx_desc);
-		adapter->netdev->last_rx = jiffies;
 
 next_desc:
 		rx_desc->wb.upper.status_error = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ksz884x.c b/drivers/net/ksz884x.c
index 870185837a3bee4810aabf872ece6780a3ffbfab..4a231bdb5671dbf7ce0f7f83288147b2ee1afabc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ksz884x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ksz884x.c
@@ -5054,8 +5054,6 @@ static inline int rx_proc(struct net_device *dev, struct ksz_hw* hw,
 	priv->stats.rx_bytes += packet_len;
 
 	/* Notify upper layer for received packet. */
-	dev->last_rx = jiffies;
-
 	rx_status = netif_rx(skb);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c b/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
index 0e2ff1ec58e4dcc6497f19e454b961cfa43061d3..6b1d443f2ce5792bf213ed1d0d14c83d86d11bae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ good:
 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, netdev);
 		netdev->stats.rx_packets++;
 		netdev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
-		netdev->last_rx = jiffies;
 		netif_receive_skb(skb);
 		rc = 0;
 	} else if (re.s.code == RING_ENTRY_CODE_MORE) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index cc532ef28c8f6a1fafec237c1b45b252f0b611d3..cbe2404223d781d06f3e228af0cf975462667502 100644
--- a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,6 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit)
 
 			priv->dev->stats.rx_packets++;
 			priv->dev->stats.rx_bytes += frame_len;
-			priv->dev->last_rx = jiffies;
 		}
 		entry = next_entry;
 		p = p_next;	/* use prefetched values */
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 58dfa367bf86e6c4f7da1590d9478638d1aee617..90e783a0924598d2e71668595059b045252b816f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,6 @@ vmxnet3_rq_rx_complete(struct vmxnet3_rx_queue *rq,
 				netif_receive_skb(skb);
 			}
 
-			adapter->netdev->last_rx = jiffies;
 			ctx->skb = NULL;
 		}