diff --git a/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/rs911x/rsi_if.c b/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/rs911x/rsi_if.c
index a2e0f563727fbe..c89f31142beb96 100644
--- a/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/rs911x/rsi_if.c
+++ b/examples/platform/silabs/efr32/rs911x/rsi_if.c
@@ -628,14 +628,6 @@ void wfx_rsi_task(void * arg)
                     hasNotifiedIPV4 = false;
                 }
 #endif /* CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_ENABLE_IPV4 */
-                /*
-                 * Checks if the IPv6 event has been notified, if not invoke the nd6_tmr,
-                 * which starts the duplicate address detectation.
-                 */
-                if (!hasNotifiedIPV6)
-                {
-                    nd6_tmr();
-                }
                 /*
                  * Checks if the assigned IPv6 address is preferred by evaluating
                  * the first block of IPv6 address ( block 0)