diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index 46102f179955..9ac442505747 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -544,8 +544,6 @@ static struct class ib_class = {
 static void rdma_init_coredev(struct ib_core_device *coredev,
 			      struct ib_device *dev, struct net *net)
 {
-	bool is_full_dev = &dev->coredev == coredev;
-
 	/* This BUILD_BUG_ON is intended to catch layout change
 	 * of union of ib_core_device and device.
 	 * dev must be the first element as ib_core and providers
@@ -557,13 +555,6 @@ static void rdma_init_coredev(struct ib_core_device *coredev,
 
 	coredev->dev.class = &ib_class;
 	coredev->dev.groups = dev->groups;
-
-	/*
-	 * Don't expose hw counters outside of the init namespace.
-	 */
-	if (!is_full_dev && dev->hw_stats_attr_index)
-		coredev->dev.groups[dev->hw_stats_attr_index] = NULL;
-
 	device_initialize(&coredev->dev);
 	coredev->owner = dev;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&coredev->port_list);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
index 210092b9bf17..9f97bef02149 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -988,7 +988,6 @@ int ib_setup_device_attrs(struct ib_device *ibdev)
 	for (i = 0; i != ARRAY_SIZE(ibdev->groups); i++)
 		if (!ibdev->groups[i]) {
 			ibdev->groups[i] = &data->group;
-			ibdev->hw_stats_attr_index = i;
 			return 0;
 		}
 	WARN(true, "struct ib_device->groups is too small");
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index c2b5de75daf2..67551133b522 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -2737,7 +2737,6 @@ struct ib_device {
 	 * It is a NULL terminated array.
 	 */
 	const struct attribute_group	*groups[4];
-	u8				hw_stats_attr_index;
 
 	u64			     uverbs_cmd_mask;