diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 54f60c9e5f85985ba030f948404dce73cd280f96..f7a8954d665fe5fe1211f2b686ae3e04225138e1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1966,7 +1966,6 @@ static conf_t *setup_conf(mddev_t *mddev)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&conf->wait_barrier);
 
 	bio_list_init(&conf->pending_bio_list);
-	bio_list_init(&conf->flushing_bio_list);
 
 	conf->last_used = -1;
 	for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.h b/drivers/md/raid1.h
index adf8cfd73313a253e43d234dd3c1c42b0f1da87e..cbfdf1a6acd98e6f501d29912c2bc718c39450df 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.h
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ struct r1_private_data_s {
 	struct list_head	retry_list;
 	/* queue pending writes and submit them on unplug */
 	struct bio_list		pending_bio_list;
-	/* queue of writes that have been unplugged */
-	struct bio_list		flushing_bio_list;
 
 	/* for use when syncing mirrors: */