diff --git a/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h b/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
index 83b4e008b16d83581d14703a76996f8b032f9a69..fbf9d1cda27b07d178a51ee30a21bf1ad122fb0a 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 struct ip6_tnl {
 	struct ip6_tnl *next;	/* next tunnel in list */
 	struct net_device *dev;	/* virtual device associated with tunnel */
-	int recursion;		/* depth of hard_start_xmit recursion */
 	struct ip6_tnl_parm parms;	/* tunnel configuration parameters */
 	struct flowi fl;	/* flowi template for xmit */
 	struct dst_entry *dst_cache;    /* cached dst */