diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
index 8dbd91f64b74d815fff682c6fe07570182e3182c..0b01c61f70c22094174629b876e1ab7fa5db64de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
@@ -560,10 +560,9 @@ static void i40e_dbg_dump_vsi_seid(struct i40e_pf *pf, int seid)
 				 vsi->tx_rings[i].tx_stats.bytes,
 				 vsi->tx_rings[i].tx_stats.restart_queue);
 			dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev,
-				 "    tx_rings[%i]: tx_stats: tx_busy = %lld, completed = %lld, tx_done_old = %lld\n",
+				 "    tx_rings[%i]: tx_stats: tx_busy = %lld, tx_done_old = %lld\n",
 				 i,
 				 vsi->tx_rings[i].tx_stats.tx_busy,
-				 vsi->tx_rings[i].tx_stats.completed,
 				 vsi->tx_rings[i].tx_stats.tx_done_old);
 			dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev,
 				 "    tx_rings[%i]: size = %i, dma = 0x%08lx\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 49d2cfa9b0cceb20c5b5f3f6d64cac1968398b60..32c9aebcb575446c69a7f3971ceefeff769a670f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -346,8 +346,7 @@ static bool i40e_clean_tx_irq(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, int budget)
 		      cpu_to_le64(I40E_TX_DESC_DTYPE_DESC_DONE)))
 			break;
 
-		/* count the packet as being completed */
-		tx_ring->tx_stats.completed++;
+		/* clear next_to_watch to prevent false hangs */
 		tx_buf->next_to_watch = NULL;
 		tx_buf->time_stamp = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
index b1d7722d98a7fc4cd217d43cae627895f5baa5f6..2fbacaff0445e8c7f6fcefa9d963e6e61dc7f67f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ struct i40e_tx_queue_stats {
 	u64 bytes;
 	u64 restart_queue;
 	u64 tx_busy;
-	u64 completed;
 	u64 tx_done_old;
 };