diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dma-sg.c b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dma-sg.c
index 440c1a8e9c1ffc5ffa348b6783cb5b5570de80e0..c0b7902862e4ba428a90dbc165db141699a8522b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dma-sg.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dma-sg.c
@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@ static int videobuf_dma_init_user_locked(struct videobuf_dmabuf *dma,
 	dprintk(1,"init user [0x%lx+0x%lx => %d pages]\n",
 		data,size,dma->nr_pages);
 
-	dma->varea = (void *) data;
-
-
 	err = get_user_pages(current,current->mm,
 			     data & PAGE_MASK, dma->nr_pages,
 			     rw == READ, 1, /* force */
@@ -300,7 +297,6 @@ int videobuf_dma_free(struct videobuf_dmabuf *dma)
 
 	vfree(dma->vmalloc);
 	dma->vmalloc = NULL;
-	dma->varea = NULL;
 
 	if (dma->bus_addr) {
 		dma->bus_addr = 0;
diff --git a/include/media/videobuf-dma-sg.h b/include/media/videobuf-dma-sg.h
index b6ab08045de6c0477c9f96dae83354534170f478..be8da269ee334c0fae41b01dc5def2877f63ed83 100644
--- a/include/media/videobuf-dma-sg.h
+++ b/include/media/videobuf-dma-sg.h
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ struct videobuf_dmabuf {
 	/* for kernel buffers */
 	void                *vmalloc;
 
-	/* Stores the userspace pointer to vmalloc area */
-	void                *varea;
-
 	/* for overlay buffers (pci-pci dma) */
 	dma_addr_t          bus_addr;