diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
index a46f547da26194c0d1dd7d4104355337df99e482..e786d4e555cc3fa404394d16a57d608d522a664a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
@@ -1247,8 +1247,6 @@ static void r5c_flush_stripe(struct r5conf *conf, struct stripe_head *sh)
 	atomic_inc(&conf->active_stripes);
 	r5c_make_stripe_write_out(sh);
 
-	if (!test_and_set_bit(STRIPE_PREREAD_ACTIVE, &sh->state))
-		atomic_inc(&conf->preread_active_stripes);
 	raid5_release_stripe(sh);
 }