diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
index f557150bd59a3..be72bdbfb4ba7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ int rxe_xmit_packet(struct rxe_qp *qp, struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt,
 	else
 		err = rxe_send(skb, pkt);
 	if (err) {
-		rxe->xmit_errors++;
 		rxe_counter_inc(rxe, RXE_CNT_SEND_ERR);
 		return err;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
index caf1ce1187650..e48969e8d4c83 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
@@ -392,8 +392,6 @@ struct rxe_dev {
 
 	struct net_device	*ndev;
 
-	int			xmit_errors;
-
 	struct rxe_pool		uc_pool;
 	struct rxe_pool		pd_pool;
 	struct rxe_pool		ah_pool;