diff --git a/sklearn/neural_network/_multilayer_perceptron.py b/sklearn/neural_network/_multilayer_perceptron.py
index 02303006dd91c..5175247204fb8 100644
--- a/sklearn/neural_network/_multilayer_perceptron.py
+++ b/sklearn/neural_network/_multilayer_perceptron.py
@@ -701,7 +701,6 @@ def _fit_stochastic(
             # restore best weights
             self.coefs_ = self._best_coefs
             self.intercepts_ = self._best_intercepts
-            self.validation_scores_ = self.validation_scores_
 
     def _update_no_improvement_count(self, early_stopping, X_val, y_val):
         if early_stopping: