diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_subset.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_subset.c
index 3ef411e..91f0919 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_subset.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_subset.c
@@ -85,34 +85,9 @@ static int always_connected (struct usbnet *dev)
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-static void m5632_recover(struct usbnet *dev)
-{
-	struct usb_device	*udev = dev->udev;
-	struct usb_interface	*intf = dev->intf;
-	int r;
-
-	r = usb_lock_device_for_reset(udev, intf);
-	if (r < 0)
-		return;
-
-	usb_reset_device(udev);
-	usb_unlock_device(udev);
-}
-
-static int dummy_prereset(struct usb_interface *intf)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int dummy_postreset(struct usb_interface *intf)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const struct driver_info	ali_m5632_info = {
 	.description =	"ALi M5632",
 	.flags       = FLAG_POINTTOPOINT,
-	.recover     = m5632_recover,
 };
 
 #endif
@@ -357,8 +332,6 @@ static struct usb_driver cdc_subset_driver = {
 	.probe =	usbnet_probe,
 	.suspend =	usbnet_suspend,
 	.resume =	usbnet_resume,
-	.pre_reset =	dummy_prereset,
-	.post_reset =	dummy_postreset,
 	.disconnect =	usbnet_disconnect,
 	.id_table =	products,
 	.disable_hub_initiated_lpm = 1,
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 5173821..f9e96c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1218,12 +1218,8 @@ void usbnet_tx_timeout (struct net_device *net)
 
 	unlink_urbs (dev, &dev->txq);
 	tasklet_schedule (&dev->bh);
-	/* this needs to be handled individually because the generic layer
-	 * doesn't know what is sufficient and could not restore private
-	 * information if a remedy of an unconditional reset were used.
-	 */
-	if (dev->driver_info->recover)
-		(dev->driver_info->recover)(dev);
+
+	// FIXME: device recovery -- reset?
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_tx_timeout);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
index 26088fe..0662e98 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
@@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ struct driver_info {
 	struct sk_buff	*(*tx_fixup)(struct usbnet *dev,
 				struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t flags);
 
-	/* recover from timeout */
-	void	(*recover)(struct usbnet *dev);
-
 	/* early initialization code, can sleep. This is for minidrivers
 	 * having 'subminidrivers' that need to do extra initialization
 	 * right after minidriver have initialized hardware. */