diff --git a/net/ethtool/common.c b/net/ethtool/common.c
index 369c05cf8163..d47a279eb8b9 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/common.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/common.c
@@ -862,9 +862,6 @@ ethtool_rxfh_ctx_alloc(const struct ethtool_ops *ops,
 	ctx->key_off = key_off;
 	ctx->priv_size = ops->rxfh_priv_size;
 
-	ctx->hfunc = ETH_RSS_HASH_NO_CHANGE;
-	ctx->input_xfrm = RXH_XFRM_NO_CHANGE;
-
 	return ctx;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ethtool/rss.c b/net/ethtool/rss.c
index 4dced53be4b3..da5934cceb07 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/rss.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/rss.c
@@ -824,8 +824,8 @@ rss_set_ctx_update(struct ethtool_rxfh_context *ctx, struct nlattr **tb,
 static int
 ethnl_rss_set(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info, struct genl_info *info)
 {
-	bool indir_reset = false, indir_mod, xfrm_sym = false;
 	struct rss_req_info *request = RSS_REQINFO(req_info);
+	bool indir_reset = false, indir_mod, xfrm_sym;
 	struct ethtool_rxfh_context *ctx = NULL;
 	struct net_device *dev = req_info->dev;
 	bool mod = false, fields_mod = false;
@@ -860,12 +860,7 @@ ethnl_rss_set(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	rxfh.input_xfrm = data.input_xfrm;
 	ethnl_update_u8(&rxfh.input_xfrm, tb[ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INPUT_XFRM], &mod);
-	/* For drivers which don't support input_xfrm it will be set to 0xff
-	 * in the RSS context info. In all other case input_xfrm != 0 means
-	 * symmetric hashing is requested.
-	 */
-	if (!request->rss_context || ops->rxfh_per_ctx_key)
-		xfrm_sym = rxfh.input_xfrm || data.input_xfrm;
+	xfrm_sym = rxfh.input_xfrm || data.input_xfrm;
 	if (rxfh.input_xfrm == data.input_xfrm)
 		rxfh.input_xfrm = RXH_XFRM_NO_CHANGE;