diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index c7f396e3d5e2..b733f7ac75c7 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ static void flush_end_io(struct request *flush_rq, blk_status_t error)
 		blk_flush_complete_seq(rq, fq, seq, error);
 	}
 
-	fq->flush_queue_delayed = 0;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fq->mq_flush_lock, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index af11fd400c72..5db4ec1e85f7 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ extern struct dentry *blk_debugfs_root;
 #endif
 
 struct blk_flush_queue {
-	unsigned int		flush_queue_delayed:1;
 	unsigned int		flush_pending_idx:1;
 	unsigned int		flush_running_idx:1;
 	blk_status_t 		rq_status;