diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 69a608a43760..e46b1195191b 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -705,8 +705,6 @@ static void kiocb_free(struct kiocb *req)
 		fput(req->ki_filp);
 	if (req->ki_eventfd != NULL)
 		eventfd_ctx_put(req->ki_eventfd);
-	if (req->ki_dtor)
-		req->ki_dtor(req);
 	kmem_cache_free(kiocb_cachep, req);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/aio.h b/include/linux/aio.h
index c4f07ffa1cbb..d9c92daa3944 100644
--- a/include/linux/aio.h
+++ b/include/linux/aio.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ struct kiocb {
 	struct file		*ki_filp;
 	struct kioctx		*ki_ctx;	/* NULL for sync ops */
 	kiocb_cancel_fn		*ki_cancel;
-	void			(*ki_dtor)(struct kiocb *);
 	void			*private;
 
 	union {
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index fea902f2ba58..06a082e0e49c 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -854,11 +854,6 @@ int kernel_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_recvmsg);
 
-static void sock_aio_dtor(struct kiocb *iocb)
-{
-	kfree(iocb->private);
-}
-
 static ssize_t sock_sendpage(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 			     int offset, size_t size, loff_t *ppos, int more)
 {
@@ -889,12 +884,8 @@ static ssize_t sock_splice_read(struct file *file, loff_t *ppos,
 static struct sock_iocb *alloc_sock_iocb(struct kiocb *iocb,
 					 struct sock_iocb *siocb)
 {
-	if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
-		siocb = kmalloc(sizeof(*siocb), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!siocb)
-			return NULL;
-		iocb->ki_dtor = sock_aio_dtor;
-	}
+	if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
+		BUG();
 
 	siocb->kiocb = iocb;
 	iocb->private = siocb;