diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index a6dea08664fc..a2408e591770 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -641,11 +641,6 @@ static void fixup_botched_add(struct ctlr_info *h,
 static inline int device_is_the_same(struct hpsa_scsi_dev_t *dev1,
 	struct hpsa_scsi_dev_t *dev2)
 {
-	if ((is_logical_dev_addr_mode(dev1->scsi3addr) ||
-		(dev1->lun != -1 && dev2->lun != -1)) &&
-		dev1->devtype != 0x0C)
-		return (memcmp(dev1, dev2, sizeof(*dev1)) == 0);
-
 	/* we compare everything except lun and target as these
 	 * are not yet assigned.  Compare parts likely
 	 * to differ first
@@ -660,8 +655,6 @@ static inline int device_is_the_same(struct hpsa_scsi_dev_t *dev1,
 		return 0;
 	if (memcmp(dev1->vendor, dev2->vendor, sizeof(dev1->vendor)) != 0)
 		return 0;
-	if (memcmp(dev1->revision, dev2->revision, sizeof(dev1->revision)) != 0)
-		return 0;
 	if (dev1->devtype != dev2->devtype)
 		return 0;
 	if (dev1->raid_level != dev2->raid_level)
@@ -1477,8 +1470,6 @@ static int hpsa_update_device_info(struct ctlr_info *h,
 		sizeof(this_device->vendor));
 	memcpy(this_device->model, &inq_buff[16],
 		sizeof(this_device->model));
-	memcpy(this_device->revision, &inq_buff[32],
-		sizeof(this_device->revision));
 	memset(this_device->device_id, 0,
 		sizeof(this_device->device_id));
 	hpsa_get_device_id(h, scsi3addr, this_device->device_id,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.h b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.h
index a203ef65cb50..19586e189f0f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ struct hpsa_scsi_dev_t {
 	unsigned char device_id[16];    /* from inquiry pg. 0x83 */
 	unsigned char vendor[8];        /* bytes 8-15 of inquiry data */
 	unsigned char model[16];        /* bytes 16-31 of inquiry data */
-	unsigned char revision[4];      /* bytes 32-35 of inquiry data */
 	unsigned char raid_level;	/* from inquiry page 0xC1 */
 };