diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.h b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.h
index 9902b33b716052f7974cad7126b923a3068a27be..2f29c213185113c4d36eb095cc88b1190bef6603 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.h
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.h
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ struct e1000_adapter {
 	/* TX */
 	struct e1000_tx_ring *tx_ring;      /* One per active queue */
 	unsigned int restart_queue;
-	unsigned long tx_queue_len;
 	u32 txd_cmd;
 	u32 tx_int_delay;
 	u32 tx_abs_int_delay;
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 8be6faee43e6e519519d015dd6c1d63a864d7b05..b15ece26ed8469136df4d40eced1b98839e4acce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -383,8 +383,6 @@ static void e1000_configure(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		adapter->alloc_rx_buf(adapter, ring,
 		                      E1000_DESC_UNUSED(ring));
 	}
-
-	adapter->tx_queue_len = netdev->tx_queue_len;
 }
 
 int e1000_up(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
@@ -503,7 +501,6 @@ void e1000_down(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->phy_info_timer);
 
-	netdev->tx_queue_len = adapter->tx_queue_len;
 	adapter->link_speed = 0;
 	adapter->link_duplex = 0;
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
@@ -2316,19 +2313,15 @@ static void e1000_watchdog(unsigned long data)
 			        E1000_CTRL_RFCE) ? "RX" : ((ctrl &
 			        E1000_CTRL_TFCE) ? "TX" : "None" )));
 
-			/* tweak tx_queue_len according to speed/duplex
-			 * and adjust the timeout factor */
-			netdev->tx_queue_len = adapter->tx_queue_len;
+			/* adjust timeout factor according to speed/duplex */
 			adapter->tx_timeout_factor = 1;
 			switch (adapter->link_speed) {
 			case SPEED_10:
 				txb2b = false;
-				netdev->tx_queue_len = 10;
 				adapter->tx_timeout_factor = 16;
 				break;
 			case SPEED_100:
 				txb2b = false;
-				netdev->tx_queue_len = 100;
 				/* maybe add some timeout factor ? */
 				break;
 			}