diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
index 03547d6..2d8b211 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@
 	struct list_head	hash;	/* on hash chain */
 	struct list_head	recent; /* on fifo */
 	struct cache_head	*item;  /* cache item we wait on */
-	time_t			recv_time;
 	void			*owner; /* we might need to discard all defered requests
 					 * owned by someone */
 	void			(*revisit)(struct cache_deferred_req *req,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index b5f2786..d75530f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -571,7 +571,6 @@
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 
 	dreq->item = item;
-	dreq->recv_time = get_seconds();
 
 	spin_lock(&cache_defer_lock);