diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index 2270513d07907..33d2a54339243 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ struct dst_entry {
 #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
 	atomic_t		__refcnt;	/* 32-bit offset 64 */
 #endif
-
-	union {
-		struct dst_entry	*next;
-	};
 };
 
 struct dst_metrics {
diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index 9bc3bb6e94efa..007aa0b082915 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ void dst_init(struct dst_entry *dst, struct dst_ops *ops,
 	dst->__use = 0;
 	dst->lastuse = jiffies;
 	dst->flags = flags;
-	dst->next = NULL;
 	if (!(flags & DST_NOCOUNT))
 		dst_entries_add(ops, 1);
 }