diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index 7c63c0619f2a..021b01494a2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -3686,9 +3686,6 @@ static int iwl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	priv->pci_dev = pdev;
 	priv->inta_mask = CSR_INI_SET_MASK;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG
-	atomic_set(&priv->restrict_refcnt, 0);
-#endif
 	if (iwl_alloc_traffic_mem(priv))
 		IWL_ERR(priv, "Not enough memory to generate traffic log\n");
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h
index f359d9f733d9..8b7731a9a20c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h
@@ -1346,7 +1346,6 @@ struct iwl_priv {
 	u32 debug_level; /* per device debugging will override global
 			    iwl_debug_level if set */
 	u32 framecnt_to_us;
-	atomic_t restrict_refcnt;
 #endif /* CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG */
 #ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS
 	/* debugfs */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 35471cfc7de0..f2ec752c6697 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -3946,9 +3946,6 @@ static int iwl3945_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *e
 	priv->pci_dev = pdev;
 	priv->inta_mask = CSR_INI_SET_MASK;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG
-	atomic_set(&priv->restrict_refcnt, 0);
-#endif
 	if (iwl_alloc_traffic_mem(priv))
 		IWL_ERR(priv, "Not enough memory to generate traffic log\n");