diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 12b15c561a1f1ca3dcfe91c9f64e439857fc6bd6..bd91987c065fcd1f923a5cd05d6f781c3f685aab 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ struct writeback_control {
 	unsigned for_writepages:1;	/* This is a writepages() call */
 	unsigned range_cyclic:1;	/* range_start is cyclic */
 	unsigned more_io:1;		/* more io to be dispatched */
-	unsigned range_cont:1;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index c130a137c12938cb0d7baa3ac6a9b8f333beb53c..e373f14d26f6c611c6020af03cb1b6f8e60a60da 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -961,8 +961,6 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
 		mapping->writeback_index = index;
 
-	if (wbc->range_cont)
-		wbc->range_start = index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_cache_pages);