diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
index 758cd1627495..49d973881a04 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ struct recv_buf {
 struct recv_frame {
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct sk_buff	 *pkt;
-	struct sk_buff	 *pkt_newalloc;
 	struct adapter  *adapter;
 	struct rx_pkt_attrib attrib;
 	uint  len;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c
index 0c44914ea3e6..103cdb4ed073 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 /* alloc os related resource in struct recv_frame */
 void rtw_os_recv_resource_alloc(struct recv_frame *precvframe)
 {
-	precvframe->pkt_newalloc = NULL;
 	precvframe->pkt = NULL;
 }