diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index d2937bca1fe4..2a05d955e30b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -860,7 +860,6 @@ struct drbd_device {
 	struct list_head read_ee;   /* [RS]P_DATA_REQUEST being read */
 	struct list_head net_ee;    /* zero-copy network send in progress */
 
-	int next_barrier_nr;
 	struct list_head resync_reads;
 	atomic_t pp_in_use;		/* allocated from page pool */
 	atomic_t pp_in_use_by_net;	/* sendpage()d, still referenced by tcp */