diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_cl_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_cl_internal.h
index ae19d396b53770a06de71d8f0c38653aa4dc115f..7359fcb0d8c56ffb1011abec148f92c134568e25 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_cl_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_cl_internal.h
@@ -355,11 +355,6 @@ struct osc_page {
 	 * Boolean, true iff page is under transfer. Used for sanity checking.
 	 */
 	unsigned	      ops_transfer_pinned:1,
-	/**
-	 * True for a `temporary page' created by read-ahead code, probably
-	 * outside of any DLM lock.
-	 */
-			      ops_temp:1,
 	/**
 	 * in LRU?
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_page.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_page.c
index c29c2eabe39c2fcd7d091d6ea02f1cfdebf20230..fc3674388a1ca5f42f34540489f597625aa77be4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_page.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_page.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static void osc_page_delete(const struct lu_env *env,
 	struct osc_object *obj = cl2osc(opg->ops_cl.cpl_obj);
 	int rc;
 
-	LINVRNT(opg->ops_temp || osc_page_protected(env, opg, CLM_READ, 1));
+	LINVRNT(osc_page_protected(env, opg, CLM_READ, 1));
 
 	CDEBUG(D_TRACE, "%p\n", opg);
 	osc_page_transfer_put(env, opg);