diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb_usb.h b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb_usb.h
index 98504b59b1027f6f068b0bd4f8de2bc624e0cc79..6392fd3d416478f3c44c3ff9853b373debd5d120 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb_usb.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb_usb.h
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ struct dvb_usb_adapter {
 	int (*fe_sleep[MAX_NO_OF_FE_PER_ADAP]) (struct dvb_frontend *);
 
 	int active_fe;
-	int num_frontends_initialized;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb_usb_dvb.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb_usb_dvb.c
index d436a1582022638fa6bdd8e44c18d67c188fd343..bc94874039e81adff6e0bcf35e964eba5ba2db16 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb_usb_dvb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb_usb_dvb.c
@@ -386,8 +386,6 @@ int dvb_usbv2_adapter_frontend_init(struct dvb_usb_adapter *adap)
 		}
 	}
 
-	adap->num_frontends_initialized = count_registered;
-
 	return 0;
 
 err_dvb_unregister_frontend:
@@ -410,14 +408,12 @@ int dvb_usbv2_adapter_frontend_exit(struct dvb_usb_adapter *adap)
 	int i;
 	pr_debug("%s: adap=%d\n", __func__, adap->id);
 
-	for (i = adap->num_frontends_initialized - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+	for (i = MAX_NO_OF_FE_PER_ADAP - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		if (adap->fe[i]) {
 			dvb_unregister_frontend(adap->fe[i]);
 			dvb_frontend_detach(adap->fe[i]);
 		}
 	}
 
-	adap->num_frontends_initialized = 0;
-
 	return 0;
 }