diff --git a/include/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
index 97ceb841e9a0c281f6122bf5d6b855055d947919..07cdb05a9a87319a0e303a34f5c85f4ce71c7eaf 100644
--- a/include/linux/lightnvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ struct nvm_rq {
 	void *meta_list;
 	dma_addr_t dma_meta_list;
 
-	struct completion *wait;
 	nvm_end_io_fn *end_io;
 
 	uint8_t opcode;