diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
index e88272f8b600dc5fe93da6c356e6e63783015106..9127dc29d52bbae6c977bc08eecf1e8c60e0318a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
@@ -7469,10 +7469,8 @@ static int mvpp2_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			priv->port_map |= BIT(i);
 	}
 
-	if (priv->hw_version != MVPP21) {
-		if (mvpp2_read(priv, MVPP2_VER_ID_REG) == MVPP2_VER_PP23)
-			priv->hw_version = MVPP23;
-	}
+	if (mvpp2_read(priv, MVPP2_VER_ID_REG) == MVPP2_VER_PP23)
+		priv->hw_version = MVPP23;
 
 	/* Init mss lock */
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->mss_spinlock);