diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
index 521f520a1bb49bf81fcf686830b649a946b0bc57..a59ad29600c394860ce302124baad6e93ace4a5d 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
@@ -874,7 +874,6 @@ static int nvm_core_init(struct nvm_dev *dev)
 	geo->sec_size = id->csecs;
 	geo->oob_size = id->sos;
 	geo->mccap = id->mccap;
-	geo->max_rq_size = dev->ops->max_phys_sect * geo->sec_size;
 
 	geo->sec_per_chk = id->clba;
 	geo->sec_per_lun = geo->sec_per_chk * geo->nr_chks;
diff --git a/include/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
index b717c000b7122983e53bdd53f933393065d4d7f8..67b4fa8e490639093c050e297b860ed08f6b7841 100644
--- a/include/linux/lightnvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
@@ -295,8 +295,6 @@ struct nvm_geo {
 	int ws_seq;
 	int ws_per_chk;
 
-	int max_rq_size;
-
 	int op;
 
 	struct nvm_addr_format ppaf;