diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
index b67b772fdf92da47ed6c3f2c8478aea74e18472e..3f24c44c81fefeb69e5040c89e2a665d625c300a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -577,7 +577,6 @@ static int rndis_filter_set_packet_filter(struct rndis_device *dev,
 
 int rndis_filter_init(struct netvsc_driver *drv)
 {
-	drv->req_ext_size = sizeof(struct rndis_filter_packet);
 
 	/* Driver->Context = rndisDriver; */