diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
index cd4bc77f2e045788ac1d05a7d0ace9ca139becb6..3d7da0c6f827d76b26bd87d9d6e5baa87c0c91f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
@@ -335,13 +335,11 @@ static struct slave *__vrf_find_slave_dev(struct slave_queue *queue,
 static void __vrf_remove_slave(struct slave_queue *queue, struct slave *slave)
 {
 	list_del(&slave->list);
-	queue->num_slaves--;
 }
 
 static void __vrf_insert_slave(struct slave_queue *queue, struct slave *slave)
 {
 	list_add(&slave->list, &queue->all_slaves);
-	queue->num_slaves++;
 }
 
 static int do_vrf_add_slave(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *port_dev)
diff --git a/include/net/vrf.h b/include/net/vrf.h
index 40e3793c7a053e5a3713c8ee5e3fff49f551e4cb..3bb4af462ed6318a30b124e7f6a00a637505610c 100644
--- a/include/net/vrf.h
+++ b/include/net/vrf.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ struct slave {
 
 struct slave_queue {
 	struct list_head	all_slaves;
-	int			num_slaves;
 };
 
 struct net_vrf {