diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index fe5797f73d88..2f3501169d68 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -712,7 +712,6 @@ struct drbd_request {
 	struct list_head tl_requests; /* ring list in the transfer log */
 	struct bio *master_bio;       /* master bio pointer */
 	unsigned long rq_state; /* see comments above _req_mod() */
-	int seq_num;
 	unsigned long start_time;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index f6cfc45b862a..02fd1e109cf6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -2814,8 +2814,7 @@ int drbd_send_dblock(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_request *req)
 
 	p.sector   = cpu_to_be64(req->sector);
 	p.block_id = (unsigned long)req;
-	p.seq_num  = cpu_to_be32(req->seq_num =
-				 atomic_add_return(1, &mdev->packet_seq));
+	p.seq_num  = cpu_to_be32(atomic_add_return(1, &mdev->packet_seq));
 
 	dp_flags = bio_flags_to_wire(mdev, req->master_bio->bi_rw);