diff --git a/net/smc/smc_ib.c b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
index 9297dc20bfe2..9c563cdbea90 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_ib.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
@@ -899,9 +899,7 @@ static void smc_copy_netdev_ifindex(struct smc_ib_device *smcibdev, int port)
 	struct ib_device *ibdev = smcibdev->ibdev;
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 
-	if (!ibdev->ops.get_netdev)
-		return;
-	ndev = ibdev->ops.get_netdev(ibdev, port + 1);
+	ndev = ib_device_get_netdev(ibdev, port + 1);
 	if (ndev) {
 		smcibdev->ndev_ifidx[port] = ndev->ifindex;
 		dev_put(ndev);
@@ -921,9 +919,7 @@ void smc_ib_ndev_change(struct net_device *ndev, unsigned long event)
 		port_cnt = smcibdev->ibdev->phys_port_cnt;
 		for (i = 0; i < min_t(size_t, port_cnt, SMC_MAX_PORTS); i++) {
 			libdev = smcibdev->ibdev;
-			if (!libdev->ops.get_netdev)
-				continue;
-			lndev = libdev->ops.get_netdev(libdev, i + 1);
+			lndev = ib_device_get_netdev(libdev, i + 1);
 			dev_put(lndev);
 			if (lndev != ndev)
 				continue;
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
index a04aa0e882f8..716808f374a8 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
@@ -1054,9 +1054,7 @@ static void smc_pnet_find_rdma_dev(struct net_device *netdev,
 		for (i = 1; i <= SMC_MAX_PORTS; i++) {
 			if (!rdma_is_port_valid(ibdev->ibdev, i))
 				continue;
-			if (!ibdev->ibdev->ops.get_netdev)
-				continue;
-			ndev = ibdev->ibdev->ops.get_netdev(ibdev->ibdev, i);
+			ndev = ib_device_get_netdev(ibdev->ibdev, i);
 			if (!ndev)
 				continue;
 			dev_put(ndev);