diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
index f4e3de65ebe7b8995230bdc401ed237b95476713..6a38b2d21ea006fafb7c0a59ea6d3b9e847bf667 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ static inline int xfs_buf_ispinned(struct xfs_buf *bp)
 
 #define XFS_BUF_FINISH_IOWAIT(bp)	complete(&bp->b_iowait);
 
-#define XFS_BUF_SET_TARGET(bp, target)	((bp)->b_target = (target))
 #define XFS_BUF_TARGET(bp)		((bp)->b_target)
 #define XFS_BUFTARG_NAME(target)	xfs_buf_target_name(target)
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index aaf61d5eefb9c6c9be36b7237c26a29cd15e6e6a..93786e518d87c9370ba957485ec67205220a61e3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ xlog_bread_noalign(
 	XFS_BUF_SET_ADDR(bp, log->l_logBBstart + blk_no);
 	XFS_BUF_READ(bp);
 	XFS_BUF_SET_COUNT(bp, BBTOB(nbblks));
-	XFS_BUF_SET_TARGET(bp, log->l_mp->m_logdev_targp);
 
 	xfsbdstrat(log->l_mp, bp);
 	error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
@@ -268,7 +267,6 @@ xlog_bwrite(
 	xfs_buf_hold(bp);
 	xfs_buf_lock(bp);
 	XFS_BUF_SET_COUNT(bp, BBTOB(nbblks));
-	XFS_BUF_SET_TARGET(bp, log->l_mp->m_logdev_targp);
 
 	if ((error = xfs_bwrite(log->l_mp, bp)))
 		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_bwrite", log->l_mp,