diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index a8c66cc1d6b8..0849a9cfa2b6 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -423,7 +423,6 @@ struct block_device *bdev_alloc(struct gendisk *disk, u8 partno)
 	spin_lock_init(&bdev->bd_size_lock);
 	mutex_init(&bdev->bd_holder_lock);
 	bdev->bd_partno = partno;
-	bdev->bd_inode = inode;
 	bdev->bd_mapping = &inode->i_data;
 	bdev->bd_queue = disk->queue;
 	if (partno)
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 6438c75cbb35..5616d059cb23 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ struct block_device {
 	bool			bd_write_holder;
 	bool			bd_has_submit_bio;
 	dev_t			bd_dev;
-	struct inode		*bd_inode;	/* will die */
 	struct address_space	*bd_mapping;	/* page cache */
 
 	atomic_t		bd_openers;