diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 8a9fb23c6e85..a152a9e208d0 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ static bool virtio_transport_can_zcopy(const struct virtio_transport *t_ops,
 		return false;
 
 	/* Check that transport can send data in zerocopy mode. */
-	t_ops = virtio_transport_get_ops(info->vsk);
-
 	if (t_ops->can_msgzerocopy) {
 		int pages_to_send = iov_iter_npages(iov_iter, MAX_SKB_FRAGS);