diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/mceusb.c b/drivers/media/rc/mceusb.c
index 04d6cd1818fb0ef53aeeb25359971836eca50917..eb130694bbb893d567728e311828685336a35242 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/mceusb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/mceusb.c
@@ -789,9 +789,6 @@ static void mce_request_packet(struct mceusb_dev *ir, unsigned char *data,
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "send request called (size=%#x)", size);
 
-	async_urb->transfer_buffer_length = size;
-	async_urb->dev = ir->usbdev;
-
 	res = usb_submit_urb(async_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (res) {
 		dev_err(dev, "send request FAILED! (res=%d)", res);