diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/usb_ops_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
index 29e67a8e85cb..b5332888226c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
@@ -827,8 +827,6 @@ void rtl8723au_set_intf_ops(struct rtw_adapter *padapter)
 	struct intf_hdl *pintf = &padapter->intf;
 	struct _io_ops *pops = &pintf->io_ops;
 
-	pintf->padapter = padapter;
-
 	memset((u8 *)pops, 0, sizeof(struct _io_ops));
 
 	pops->_read8 = &usb_read8;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h
index 7b710d748516..54f930deda3c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@ struct io_req {
 };
 
 struct	intf_hdl {
-	struct rtw_adapter *padapter;
-
 	struct _io_ops	io_ops;
 };