diff --git a/include/net/dst_metadata.h b/include/net/dst_metadata.h
index 547ab824159357dd13c80a2210ee726b977e32cb..af9d5382f6cbae8c38d45106f5702bd1e66c5671 100644
--- a/include/net/dst_metadata.h
+++ b/include/net/dst_metadata.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 struct metadata_dst {
 	struct dst_entry		dst;
-	size_t				opts_len;
 	union {
 		struct ip_tunnel_info	tun_info;
 	} u;
diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index 477035ed7903f8ec3c816e872cd3aa4090d2bd33..0771c8cb9307c8c1b8edd3742fda766db5e59a97 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ static void __metadata_dst_init(struct metadata_dst *md_dst, u8 optslen)
 	dst->output = dst_md_discard_sk;
 
 	memset(dst + 1, 0, sizeof(*md_dst) + optslen - sizeof(*dst));
-	md_dst->opts_len = optslen;
 }
 
 struct metadata_dst *metadata_dst_alloc(u8 optslen, gfp_t flags)