diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index 1984ce9a13d2..6e124269fd4b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ struct irq_cfg {
 	struct irq_pin_list	*irq_2_pin;
 	cpumask_var_t		domain;
 	cpumask_var_t		old_domain;
-	unsigned		move_cleanup_count;
 	u8			vector;
 	u8			move_in_progress : 1;
 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index ce16b65cfdcc..e9e5b02c3af2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ __assign_irq_vector(int irq, struct irq_cfg *cfg, const struct cpumask *mask)
 	int cpu, err;
 	cpumask_var_t tmp_mask;
 
-	if ((cfg->move_in_progress) || cfg->move_cleanup_count)
+	if (cfg->move_in_progress)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tmp_mask, GFP_ATOMIC))
@@ -2234,14 +2234,10 @@ void send_cleanup_vector(struct irq_cfg *cfg)
 
 	if (unlikely(!alloc_cpumask_var(&cleanup_mask, GFP_ATOMIC))) {
 		unsigned int i;
-		cfg->move_cleanup_count = 0;
-		for_each_cpu_and(i, cfg->old_domain, cpu_online_mask)
-			cfg->move_cleanup_count++;
 		for_each_cpu_and(i, cfg->old_domain, cpu_online_mask)
 			apic->send_IPI_mask(cpumask_of(i), IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR);
 	} else {
 		cpumask_and(cleanup_mask, cfg->old_domain, cpu_online_mask);
-		cfg->move_cleanup_count = cpumask_weight(cleanup_mask);
 		apic->send_IPI_mask(cleanup_mask, IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR);
 		free_cpumask_var(cleanup_mask);
 	}
@@ -2430,8 +2426,6 @@ asmlinkage void smp_irq_move_cleanup_interrupt(void)
 
 		cfg = irq_cfg(irq);
 		spin_lock(&desc->lock);
-		if (!cfg->move_cleanup_count)
-			goto unlock;
 
 		if (vector == cfg->vector && cpumask_test_cpu(me, cfg->domain))
 			goto unlock;
@@ -2449,7 +2443,6 @@ asmlinkage void smp_irq_move_cleanup_interrupt(void)
 			goto unlock;
 		}
 		__get_cpu_var(vector_irq)[vector] = -1;
-		cfg->move_cleanup_count--;
 unlock:
 		spin_unlock(&desc->lock);
 	}