diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index 7557791e954d53d1f176a0e518d7b8db1b7ddd7f..3d701084eac6990b597588eaf69e3bf3cabbb93c 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ struct ima_iint_cache {
 	struct mutex mutex;	/* protects: version, flags, digest */
 	long readcount;		/* measured files readcount */
 	long writecount;	/* measured files writecount */
-	long opencount;		/* opens reference count */
 	struct kref refcount;	/* ima_iint_cache reference count */
 };
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
index 8395f0f5e9b918925839ff4293361b3e363793e8..8e64313ed182c18898305225bad72c3b1c55eaa5 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
@@ -134,11 +134,6 @@ void iint_free(struct kref *kref)
 		       iint->writecount);
 		iint->writecount = 0;
 	}
-	if (iint->opencount != 0) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: opencount: %ld\n", __func__,
-		       iint->opencount);
-		iint->opencount = 0;
-	}
 	kref_init(&iint->refcount);
 	kmem_cache_free(iint_cache, iint);
 }
@@ -172,7 +167,6 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 	mutex_init(&iint->mutex);
 	iint->readcount = 0;
 	iint->writecount = 0;
-	iint->opencount = 0;
 	kref_init(&iint->refcount);
 }
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index e662b89d407944103dc121b9ccb37f7e68ac62e1..995bd1b98fa8cc0d3cad7839f51b51c369a7f9b4 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ static void ima_inc_counts(struct ima_iint_cache *iint, fmode_t mode)
 {
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&iint->mutex));
 
-	iint->opencount++;
 	if ((mode & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE)) == FMODE_READ)
 		iint->readcount++;
 	if (mode & FMODE_WRITE)
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ static void ima_dec_counts(struct ima_iint_cache *iint, struct inode *inode,
 	mode_t mode = file->f_mode;
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&iint->mutex));
 
-	iint->opencount--;
 	if ((mode & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE)) == FMODE_READ)
 		iint->readcount--;
 	if (mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
@@ -192,13 +190,11 @@ static void ima_dec_counts(struct ima_iint_cache *iint, struct inode *inode,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (((iint->opencount < 0) ||
-	     (iint->readcount < 0) ||
+	if (((iint->readcount < 0) ||
 	     (iint->writecount < 0)) &&
 	    !ima_limit_imbalance(file)) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: open/free imbalance (r:%ld w:%ld o:%ld)\n",
-		       __func__, iint->readcount, iint->writecount,
-		       iint->opencount);
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: open/free imbalance (r:%ld w:%ld)\n",
+		       __func__, iint->readcount, iint->writecount);
 		dump_stack();
 	}
 }