diff --git a/src/core/devices/nm-device-macsec.c b/src/core/devices/nm-device-macsec.c
index f6d76c0aa5..5b1f5fdc4a 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/nm-device-macsec.c
+++ b/src/core/devices/nm-device-macsec.c
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ 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 7d82083c4c..198e5f0afb 100644
--- a/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -8249,7 +8249,6 @@ 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,
@@ -8269,7 +8268,6 @@ 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 7792bbf5c3..30d0b5067c 100644
--- a/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -980,7 +980,6 @@ typedef struct {
 } NMPlatformLnkIpIp;
 
 typedef struct {
-    int     parent_ifindex;
     guint64 sci; /* host byte order */
     guint64 cipher_suite;
     guint32 window;