diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index 56f705d63d5ced32c2dd241150ae42292b9f9e2d..56e14b369d42cc8b4d2dbdcbd8b63891688bc585 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -825,7 +825,6 @@ rpcrdma_ep_create(struct rpcrdma_ep *ep, struct rpcrdma_ia *ia,
 	else if (ep->rep_cqinit <= 2)
 		ep->rep_cqinit = 0;
 	INIT_CQCOUNT(ep);
-	ep->rep_ia = ia;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ep->rep_connect_wait);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ep->rep_connect_worker, rpcrdma_connect_worker);
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index 9a7aab31bf6e76164b1a612bfebaf196e51878f3..5160a84fdb72ef77b37c9a854277a61805b59fa1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ struct rpcrdma_ep {
 	atomic_t		rep_cqcount;
 	int			rep_cqinit;
 	int			rep_connected;
-	struct rpcrdma_ia	*rep_ia;
 	struct ib_qp_init_attr	rep_attr;
 	wait_queue_head_t 	rep_connect_wait;
 	struct ib_sge		rep_pad;	/* holds zeroed pad */