diff --git a/net/core/request_sock.c b/net/core/request_sock.c
index b8203de5ff073c4e3bda5166ef1542b793141a0c..98f0fc923f9195326ed9d0fe538e58fd7528d8d7 100644
--- a/net/core/request_sock.c
+++ b/net/core/request_sock.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ int reqsk_queue_alloc(struct request_sock_queue *queue,
 	get_random_bytes(&lopt->hash_rnd, sizeof(lopt->hash_rnd));
 	rwlock_init(&queue->syn_wait_lock);
 	queue->rskq_accept_head = queue->rskq_accept_head = NULL;
-	queue->rskq_defer_accept = 0;
 	lopt->nr_table_entries = nr_table_entries;
 
 	write_lock_bh(&queue->syn_wait_lock);