diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c
index 4c2f0a1201bf..a0f7e2787afe 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ int _rtw_init_xmit_priv23a(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv,
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i ++)
 		pxmitpriv->wmm_para_seq[i] = i;
 
-	pxmitpriv->txirp_cnt = 1;
-
 	sema_init(&pxmitpriv->tx_retevt, 0);
 
 	pxmitpriv->ack_tx = false;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h
index abe4316b9124..73e5f9cbfac0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ struct	xmit_priv {
 				 */
 
 	struct semaphore	tx_retevt;/* all tx return event; */
-	u8		txirp_cnt;/*  */
 
 	struct tasklet_struct xmit_tasklet;