diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
index 986292a34f4f..bc5cfe062b10 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
@@ -4266,8 +4266,6 @@ static void mvpp2_phylink_validate(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	phylink_set(mask, Autoneg);
 	phylink_set_port_modes(mask);
-	phylink_set(mask, Pause);
-	phylink_set(mask, Asym_Pause);
 
 	switch (state->interface) {
 	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_10GKR: