diff --git a/include/linux/ioprio.h b/include/linux/ioprio.h
index beb9ce1c2c233595e47602d264782e56fdfc4682..8c1239020d79d36a8c2593cbf56ad8fa134c618a 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioprio.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioprio.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 /*
  * Gives us 8 prio classes with 13-bits of data for each class
  */
-#define IOPRIO_BITS		(16)
 #define IOPRIO_CLASS_SHIFT	(13)
 #define IOPRIO_PRIO_MASK	((1UL << IOPRIO_CLASS_SHIFT) - 1)