diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
index fbbd66c9ca51c9068d3b8a60c3c79ca8fd6eacdb..051b225057208bd57f595b2d002aa6cbf0882308 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
@@ -352,8 +352,6 @@ void ieee80211_sta_debugfs_add(struct sta_info *sta)
 	struct dentry *stations_dir = sta->sdata->debugfs.subdir_stations;
 	u8 mac[3*ETH_ALEN];
 
-	sta->debugfs.add_has_run = true;
-
 	if (!stations_dir)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
index 053f5c4fa495ba02cd99c5ddb201ce0ad0f7aeff..276056e99862e97bd260f4a73627a729d3f44484 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ struct sta_info {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
 	struct sta_info_debugfsdentries {
 		struct dentry *dir;
-		bool add_has_run;
 	} debugfs;
 #endif