diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 88de45491376..0edd837d401d 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ struct svc_rqst {
 	struct auth_domain *	rq_gssclient;	/* "gss/"-style peer info */
 	struct svc_cacherep *	rq_cacherep;	/* cache info */
 	struct task_struct	*rq_task;	/* service thread */
-	spinlock_t		rq_lock;	/* per-request lock */
 	struct net		*rq_bc_net;	/* pointer to backchannel's
 						 * net namespace
 						 */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 149171774bc6..34383c352bc3 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -638,7 +638,6 @@ svc_rqst_alloc(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int node)
 		return rqstp;
 
 	__set_bit(RQ_BUSY, &rqstp->rq_flags);
-	spin_lock_init(&rqstp->rq_lock);
 	rqstp->rq_server = serv;
 	rqstp->rq_pool = pool;