diff --git a/src/core/devices/nm-device-macsec.c b/src/core/devices/nm-device-macsec.c
index 615ebe6b27..99003a7660 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/nm-device-macsec.c
+++ b/src/core/devices/nm-device-macsec.c
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ update_properties(NMDevice *device)
 
     g_object_freeze_notify((GObject *) device);
 
-    if (priv->props.parent_ifindex != props->parent_ifindex)
-        nm_device_parent_set_ifindex(device, props->parent_ifindex);
+    nm_device_parent_set_ifindex(device, plink->parent);
 
 #define CHECK_PROPERTY_CHANGED(field, prop)      \
     G_STMT_START                                 \
diff --git a/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.c b/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.c
index 4688269d2c..bc60f19f89 100644
--- a/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -8044,7 +8044,6 @@ void
 nm_platform_lnk_macsec_hash_update(const NMPlatformLnkMacsec *obj, NMHashState *h)
 {
     nm_hash_update_vals(h,
-                        obj->parent_ifindex,
                         obj->sci,
                         obj->cipher_suite,
                         obj->window,
@@ -8064,7 +8063,6 @@ int
 nm_platform_lnk_macsec_cmp(const NMPlatformLnkMacsec *a, const NMPlatformLnkMacsec *b)
 {
     NM_CMP_SELF(a, b);
-    NM_CMP_FIELD(a, b, parent_ifindex);
     NM_CMP_FIELD(a, b, sci);
     NM_CMP_FIELD(a, b, icv_length);
     NM_CMP_FIELD(a, b, cipher_suite);
diff --git a/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.h b/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.h
index dceb3e6be5..c510c15017 100644
--- a/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -814,7 +814,6 @@ typedef struct {
 } _nm_alignas(NMPlatformObject) NMPlatformLnkIpIp;
 
 typedef struct {
-    int     parent_ifindex;
     guint64 sci; /* host byte order */
     guint64 cipher_suite;
     guint32 window;