diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index b2c93a29c251..de59f72d49cc 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ extern void conn_free_crypto(struct drbd_connection *connection);
 
 /* drbd_req */
 extern void do_submit(struct work_struct *ws);
-extern void __drbd_make_request(struct drbd_device *, struct bio *, unsigned long);
+extern void __drbd_make_request(struct drbd_device *, struct bio *);
 extern blk_qc_t drbd_submit_bio(struct bio *bio);
 extern int drbd_read_remote(struct drbd_device *device, struct drbd_request *req);
 extern int is_valid_ar_handle(struct drbd_request *, sector_t);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 1c8c18b2a25f..7e5fcce812e1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -2288,7 +2288,6 @@ static void do_retry(struct work_struct *ws)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp, &writes, tl_requests) {
 		struct drbd_device *device = req->device;
 		struct bio *bio = req->master_bio;
-		unsigned long start_jif = req->start_jif;
 		bool expected;
 
 		expected =
@@ -2323,7 +2322,7 @@ static void do_retry(struct work_struct *ws)
 		/* We are not just doing submit_bio_noacct(),
 		 * as we want to keep the start_time information. */
 		inc_ap_bio(device);
-		__drbd_make_request(device, bio, start_jif);
+		__drbd_make_request(device, bio);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index ea0f31ab3343..ee785f2bdf79 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ static void drbd_queue_write(struct drbd_device *device, struct drbd_request *re
  * Returns ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) if we cannot allocate a drbd_request.
  */
 static struct drbd_request *
-drbd_request_prepare(struct drbd_device *device, struct bio *bio, unsigned long start_jif)
+drbd_request_prepare(struct drbd_device *device, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	struct drbd_request *req;
@@ -1416,9 +1416,9 @@ out:
 		complete_master_bio(device, &m);
 }
 
-void __drbd_make_request(struct drbd_device *device, struct bio *bio, unsigned long start_jif)
+void __drbd_make_request(struct drbd_device *device, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	struct drbd_request *req = drbd_request_prepare(device, bio, start_jif);
+	struct drbd_request *req = drbd_request_prepare(device, bio);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(req))
 		return;
 	drbd_send_and_submit(device, req);
@@ -1596,19 +1596,16 @@ void do_submit(struct work_struct *ws)
 blk_qc_t drbd_submit_bio(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct drbd_device *device = bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
-	unsigned long start_jif;
 
 	blk_queue_split(&bio);
 
-	start_jif = jiffies;
-
 	/*
 	 * what we "blindly" assume:
 	 */
 	D_ASSERT(device, IS_ALIGNED(bio->bi_iter.bi_size, 512));
 
 	inc_ap_bio(device);
-	__drbd_make_request(device, bio, start_jif);
+	__drbd_make_request(device, bio);
 	return BLK_QC_T_NONE;
 }