diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 4cf2a68493e06df146867ef7035f1bc352452819..5d01a165108491c01f6a163fa9b718c098754ade 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ nfs_create_request(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
 	 * long write-back delay. This will be adjusted in
 	 * update_nfs_request below if the region is not locked. */
 	req->wb_page    = page;
-	atomic_set(&req->wb_complete, 0);
 	req->wb_index	= page->index;
 	page_cache_get(page);
 	BUG_ON(PagePrivate(page));
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 150397279b8d2b74b995113e1a6a6a600cfb95a3..705bf01cfbba8bb50f3051bae9e51efb466239bc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1059,7 +1059,6 @@ static int nfs_flush_multi(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 		nbytes -= len;
 		offset += len;
 	} while (nbytes != 0);
-	atomic_set(&req->wb_complete, requests);
 	desc->pg_rpc_callops = &nfs_write_common_ops;
 	return ret;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_page.h b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
index bc5b7a5e787e870bbeb3fba752f4c93450156a4c..0a5b63f1611680f510d38bf370016422426bf101 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_page.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ struct nfs_page {
 	struct page		*wb_page;	/* page to read in/write out */
 	struct nfs_open_context	*wb_context;	/* File state context info */
 	struct nfs_lock_context	*wb_lock_context;	/* lock context info */
-	atomic_t		wb_complete;	/* i/os we're waiting for */
 	pgoff_t			wb_index;	/* Offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT */
 	unsigned int		wb_offset,	/* Offset & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK */
 				wb_pgbase,	/* Start of page data */