diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c
index 3edc2cd1ac7b2fc9cc75acd80fc7370b6a1dc4e6..740818a5a7cf1106b8ff5a6f0feecb470d375c74 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 void rtl8188eu_init_recvbuf(struct adapter *padapter, struct recv_buf *precvbuf)
 {
-	precvbuf->len = 0;
 	precvbuf->ref_cnt = 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
index 519ed4e17a61559925608334ee7e9a1f76e43a43..3f43f11791545847605e06b2ac4920e14bbd2e1e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ struct recv_buf {
 	u32	ref_cnt;
 	struct adapter *adapter;
 	u8	*pbuf;
-	u32	len;
 	struct urb *purb;
 	struct sk_buff *pskb;
 	u8	reuse;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c
index 25358fbeefeb3c1da45d36a9193de5bac320c7fc..2577ceb62deee1261b698539e68fd8d9a1e10559 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ int rtw_os_recvbuf_resource_alloc(struct adapter *padapter,
 	precvbuf->pskb = NULL;
 	precvbuf->reuse = false;
 	precvbuf->pbuf = NULL;
-	precvbuf->len = 0;
 	return res;
 }