diff --git a/drivers/net/can/rockchip/rockchip_canfd-core.c b/drivers/net/can/rockchip/rockchip_canfd-core.c
index d9a937ba126c..46201c126703 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/rockchip/rockchip_canfd-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/rockchip/rockchip_canfd-core.c
@@ -236,11 +236,6 @@ static void rkcanfd_chip_fifo_setup(struct rkcanfd_priv *priv)
 {
 	u32 reg;
 
-	/* TXE FIFO */
-	reg = rkcanfd_read(priv, RKCANFD_REG_RX_FIFO_CTRL);
-	reg |= RKCANFD_REG_RX_FIFO_CTRL_RX_FIFO_ENABLE;
-	rkcanfd_write(priv, RKCANFD_REG_RX_FIFO_CTRL, reg);
-
 	/* RX FIFO */
 	reg = rkcanfd_read(priv, RKCANFD_REG_RX_FIFO_CTRL);
 	reg |= RKCANFD_REG_RX_FIFO_CTRL_RX_FIFO_ENABLE;