diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/usb_ops_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
index c861a791f43d..4b23e8a6e194 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
@@ -821,7 +821,6 @@ void rtl8723au_set_intf_ops(struct rtw_adapter *padapter)
 	struct _io_ops *pops = &pintf->io_ops;
 
 	pintf->padapter = padapter;
-	pintf->pintf_dev = adapter_to_dvobj(padapter);
 
 	memset((u8 *)pops, 0, sizeof(struct _io_ops));
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h
index 86ecbea77ed3..2abc24d429cd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h
@@ -137,10 +137,8 @@ struct io_req {
 
 struct	intf_hdl {
 	struct rtw_adapter *padapter;
-	struct dvobj_priv *pintf_dev;/* 	pointer to &(padapter->dvobjpriv); */
 
 	struct _io_ops	io_ops;
-
 };
 
 struct reg_protocol_rd {