diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/linux_network_get.yml b/changelogs/fragments/linux_network_get.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..01af77621d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/linux_network_get.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - linux - remove extraneous get_bin_path API call.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/network/linux.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/network/linux.py
index 560cd255f37..d199d5a6ae3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/network/linux.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/network/linux.py
@@ -295,8 +295,6 @@ class LinuxNetwork(Network):
                         if not address == '::1':
                             ips['all_ipv6_addresses'].append(address)
 
-            ip_path = self.module.get_bin_path("ip")
-
             args = [ip_path, 'addr', 'show', 'primary', 'dev', device]
             rc, primary_data, stderr = self.module.run_command(args, errors='surrogate_then_replace')
             if rc == 0: