diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
index eb1a53a3e5ca..099e07c6af7b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
@@ -474,12 +474,6 @@ static int associate_dev(struct us_data *us, struct usb_interface *intf)
 		US_DEBUGP("I/O buffer allocation failed\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-
-	us->sensebuf = kmalloc(US_SENSE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!us->sensebuf) {
-		US_DEBUGP("Sense buffer allocation failed\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -875,8 +869,6 @@ static void dissociate_dev(struct us_data *us)
 {
 	US_DEBUGP("-- %s\n", __func__);
 
-	kfree(us->sensebuf);
-
 	/* Free the device-related DMA-mapped buffers */
 	if (us->cr)
 		usb_buffer_free(us->pusb_dev, sizeof(*us->cr), us->cr,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.h b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.h
index a4ad73bd832d..e4674fc715e6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.h
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ struct us_data {
 	struct usb_ctrlrequest	*cr;		 /* control requests	 */
 	struct usb_sg_request	current_sg;	 /* scatter-gather req.  */
 	unsigned char		*iobuf;		 /* I/O buffer		 */
-	unsigned char		*sensebuf;	 /* sense data buffer	 */
 	dma_addr_t		cr_dma;		 /* buffer DMA addresses */
 	dma_addr_t		iobuf_dma;
 	struct task_struct	*ctl_thread;	 /* the control thread   */