diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index ec21a92e08b4f..8d595ab2aed1a 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -905,7 +905,6 @@ struct buffer_head *alloc_page_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned long size,
 
 		bh->b_state = 0;
 		atomic_set(&bh->b_count, 0);
-		bh->b_private = NULL;
 		bh->b_size = size;
 
 		/* Link the buffer to its page */