diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h
index b6b6868195cde8c4f061fb5ca0cce5b6851418f2..1faa1effa02cedff5c0776c65b74a01d8bdb70ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h
@@ -970,7 +970,6 @@ struct ath_softc {
 	struct ath_descdma sc_rxdma;
 	int sc_rxbufsize;	/* rx size based on mtu */
 	u32 *sc_rxlink;		/* link ptr in last RX desc */
-	u64 sc_lastrx;		/* tsf of last rx'd frame */
 
 	/* TX */
 	struct list_head sc_txbuf;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c
index 87aebf1757372cda736fd83fc2bdaf73f3d5bb4c..3fc6641e8bf750a3d34c05768f3296abcf05bb96 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -2309,8 +2309,7 @@ int ath_tx_start(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 void ath_tx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc)
 {
-	u64 tsf = ath9k_hw_gettsf64(sc->sc_ah);
-	int i, nacked = 0;
+	int i;
 	u32 qcumask = ((1 << ATH9K_NUM_TX_QUEUES) - 1);
 
 	ath9k_hw_gettxintrtxqs(sc->sc_ah, &qcumask);
@@ -2320,10 +2319,8 @@ void ath_tx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc)
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < ATH9K_NUM_TX_QUEUES; i++) {
 		if (ATH_TXQ_SETUP(sc, i) && (qcumask & (1 << i)))
-			nacked += ath_tx_processq(sc, &sc->sc_txq[i]);
+			ath_tx_processq(sc, &sc->sc_txq[i]);
 	}
-	if (nacked)
-		sc->sc_lastrx = tsf;
 }
 
 void ath_tx_draintxq(struct ath_softc *sc,