diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 4d3a1e02130b5cae9b36056a91ff9d63418b9f5f..8a4659997e05bc184e0797ca6c4646ed52ac6c9a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -1718,8 +1718,6 @@ static int __rbd_refresh_header(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct rbd_image_header h;
-	u64 snap_seq;
-	int follow_seq = 0;
 
 	ret = rbd_read_header(rbd_dev, &h);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -1735,13 +1733,6 @@ static int __rbd_refresh_header(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 		set_capacity(rbd_dev->disk, size);
 	}
 
-	snap_seq = rbd_dev->header.snapc->seq;
-	if (rbd_dev->header.total_snaps &&
-	    rbd_dev->header.snapc->snaps[0] == snap_seq)
-		/* pointing at the head, will need to follow that
-		   if head moves */
-		follow_seq = 1;
-
 	/* rbd_dev->header.object_prefix shouldn't change */
 	kfree(rbd_dev->header.snap_sizes);
 	kfree(rbd_dev->header.snap_names);
@@ -1759,11 +1750,6 @@ static int __rbd_refresh_header(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 	WARN_ON(strcmp(rbd_dev->header.object_prefix, h.object_prefix));
 	kfree(h.object_prefix);
 
-	if (follow_seq)
-		rbd_dev->header.snapc->seq = rbd_dev->header.snapc->snaps[0];
-	else
-		rbd_dev->header.snapc->seq = snap_seq;
-
 	ret = __rbd_init_snaps_header(rbd_dev);
 
 	up_write(&rbd_dev->header_rwsem);