diff --git a/net/dccp/ackvec.c b/net/dccp/ackvec.c
index bc5ff12124180fd22ca9d502cf85b33a4bce0d69..4d176d33983fef29db3a34c24b1f22bd4e72d9e7 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ackvec.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ackvec.c
@@ -142,14 +142,13 @@ struct dccp_ackvec *dccp_ackvec_alloc(const gfp_t priority)
 	struct dccp_ackvec *av = kmem_cache_alloc(dccp_ackvec_slab, priority);
 
 	if (av != NULL) {
-		av->dccpav_buf_head	=
-			av->dccpav_buf_tail = DCCP_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN - 1;
+		av->dccpav_buf_head	= DCCP_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN - 1;
 		av->dccpav_buf_ackno	= DCCP_MAX_SEQNO + 1;
 		av->dccpav_buf_nonce = av->dccpav_buf_nonce = 0;
 		av->dccpav_ack_ptr	= 0;
 		av->dccpav_time.tv_sec	= 0;
 		av->dccpav_time.tv_usec	= 0;
-		av->dccpav_sent_len	= av->dccpav_vec_len = 0;
+		av->dccpav_vec_len	= 0;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&av->dccpav_records);
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/dccp/ackvec.h b/net/dccp/ackvec.h
index 0adf4b56c34cfea4df0c9e57eed67e6682f05e9f..2424effac7f690d4c7679f18c70c9cb14ee71ea6 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ackvec.h
+++ b/net/dccp/ackvec.h
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ struct dccp_ackvec {
 	struct list_head dccpav_records;
 	struct timeval	dccpav_time;
 	u8		dccpav_buf_head;
-	u8		dccpav_buf_tail;
 	u8		dccpav_ack_ptr;
-	u8		dccpav_sent_len;
 	u8		dccpav_vec_len;
 	u8		dccpav_buf_nonce;
 	u8		dccpav_ack_nonce;
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ extern int dccp_insert_option_ackvec(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 static inline int dccp_ackvec_pending(const struct dccp_ackvec *av)
 {
-	return av->dccpav_sent_len != av->dccpav_vec_len;
+	return av->dccpav_vec_len;
 }
 #else /* CONFIG_IP_DCCP_ACKVEC */
 static inline int dccp_ackvec_init(void)