diff --git a/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c b/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c
index b9755000b48f5d83ec19cfa6216499574d1b0fed..663773e6687270b5351481b30dd6fc126fee566e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c
@@ -781,7 +781,6 @@ static int NCR5380_init(struct Scsi_Host *instance, int flags)
 	if(in_interrupt())
 		printk(KERN_ERR "NCR5380_init called with interrupts off!\n");
 
-	hostdata->aborted = 0;
 	hostdata->id_mask = 1 << instance->this_id;
 	for (i = hostdata->id_mask; i <= 0x80; i <<= 1)
 		if (i > hostdata->id_mask)
@@ -2574,7 +2573,6 @@ static int NCR5380_abort(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 
 	if (hostdata->connected == cmd) {
 		dprintk(NDEBUG_ABORT, "scsi%d : aborting connected command\n", instance->host_no);
-		hostdata->aborted = 1;
 /*
  * We should perform BSY checking, and make sure we haven't slipped
  * into BUS FREE.
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.h b/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.h
index f2f737a5f75a165976f43be629c3460dee761f89..4a31f41b6027789650a8b839c55f66f840abfef3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.h
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ struct NCR5380_hostdata {
 	volatile int restart_select;		/* we have disconnected,
 						   used to restart 
 						   NCR5380_select() */
-	volatile unsigned aborted:1;		/* flag, says aborted */
 	int flags;
 	unsigned long time_expires;		/* in jiffies, set prior to sleeping */
 	int select_time;			/* timer in select for target response */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/atari_NCR5380.c b/drivers/scsi/atari_NCR5380.c
index 5a9974e1943ce74924c3b6acc2291e3803e145ec..463d2d47661a9f0e320d7ce28054bdd88a81ff3a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/atari_NCR5380.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/atari_NCR5380.c
@@ -813,7 +813,6 @@ static int __init NCR5380_init(struct Scsi_Host *instance, int flags)
 	SETUP_HOSTDATA(instance);
 
 	hostdata->host = instance;
-	hostdata->aborted = 0;
 	hostdata->id_mask = 1 << instance->this_id;
 	hostdata->id_higher_mask = 0;
 	for (i = hostdata->id_mask; i <= 0x80; i <<= 1)
@@ -2834,7 +2833,6 @@ int NCR5380_abort(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 		 */
 
 		if (do_abort(instance) == 0) {
-			hostdata->aborted = 1;
 			hostdata->connected = NULL;
 			cmd->result = DID_ABORT << 16;
 #ifdef SUPPORT_TAGS