diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index b914f566ef36cdfe494a051d504a22a9bdea1e76..534215885cb45b058db5faeb8f19e68b4932bd4e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -572,7 +572,6 @@ struct drbd_request {
 	struct list_head tl_requests; /* ring list in the transfer log */
 	struct bio *master_bio;       /* master bio pointer */
 	unsigned long rq_state; /* see comments above _req_mod() */
-	int seq_num;
 	unsigned long start_time;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 2aee581c03e2d5f08ff8dba44b1ce710abbb42cc..4a59b8a8ba7af28a1f466586f6a4c1a95513ec2b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@ int drbd_send_dblock(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_request *req)
 		return -EIO;
 	p->sector = cpu_to_be64(req->i.sector);
 	p->block_id = (unsigned long)req;
-	p->seq_num = cpu_to_be32(req->seq_num = atomic_inc_return(&mdev->packet_seq));
+	p->seq_num = cpu_to_be32(atomic_inc_return(&mdev->packet_seq));
 	dp_flags = bio_flags_to_wire(mdev, req->master_bio->bi_rw);
 	if (mdev->state.conn >= C_SYNC_SOURCE &&
 	    mdev->state.conn <= C_PAUSED_SYNC_T)