diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cpu.h
index 16883e582e3c..05043786da21 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cpu.h
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 
-struct task_struct;
-
 struct blackfin_cpudata {
 	struct cpu cpu;
-	struct task_struct *idle;
 	unsigned int imemctl;
 	unsigned int dmemctl;
 };
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
index 11eff2c3e980..fb4714f486fa 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ void __cpuinit bfin_setup_cpudata(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct blackfin_cpudata *cpudata = &per_cpu(cpu_data, cpu);
 
-	cpudata->idle = current;
 	cpudata->imemctl = bfin_read_IMEM_CONTROL();
 	cpudata->dmemctl = bfin_read_DMEM_CONTROL();
 }