diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c
index 76bf57c52a7e1c47a1e41c4dbb499b94283b3ccd..7db5cfaa251fe7a7ec2cd4b28c8fa2b7b7423d7a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ void rtl8188eu_init_recvbuf(struct recv_buf *precvbuf)
 {
 	if (precvbuf->pbuf) {
 		precvbuf->pdata = precvbuf->pbuf;
-		precvbuf->phead = precvbuf->pbuf;
 		precvbuf->ptail = precvbuf->pbuf;
 		precvbuf->pend = precvbuf->pdata + MAX_RECVBUF_SZ;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
index 4953a431ffd771ea9e888e01a9374936c72d9bd9..8f4c059e09c95c491275ba4084d7f4b0ad874c18 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
@@ -440,13 +440,11 @@ u32 rtw_read_port(struct adapter *adapter, u8 *rmem)
 		alignment = tmpaddr & (RECVBUFF_ALIGN_SZ - 1);
 		skb_reserve(precvbuf->pskb, (RECVBUFF_ALIGN_SZ - alignment));
 
-		precvbuf->phead = precvbuf->pskb->head;
 		precvbuf->pdata = precvbuf->pskb->data;
 		precvbuf->ptail = skb_tail_pointer(precvbuf->pskb);
 		precvbuf->pend = skb_end_pointer(precvbuf->pskb);
 		precvbuf->pbuf = precvbuf->pskb->data;
 	} else { /* reuse skb */
-		precvbuf->phead = precvbuf->pskb->head;
 		precvbuf->pdata = precvbuf->pskb->data;
 		precvbuf->ptail = skb_tail_pointer(precvbuf->pskb);
 		precvbuf->pend = skb_end_pointer(precvbuf->pskb);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
index bafc10905bed20399cbd6275fe9cd1162f826ae4..e4f844507d17c0423fce24de35f8c26be7aecab2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ struct recv_buf {
 	struct adapter *adapter;
 	u8	*pbuf;
 	u8	*pallocated_buf;
-	u8	*phead;
 	u8	*pdata;
 	u8	*ptail;
 	u8	*pend;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c
index d3b5fd83f92638730f08a99f0965b20f018501d5..8832199b10eefd77cfb45464c1f8a2ad2203fe56 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ int rtw_os_recvbuf_resource_alloc(struct adapter *padapter,
 	precvbuf->pallocated_buf = NULL;
 	precvbuf->pbuf = NULL;
 	precvbuf->pdata = NULL;
-	precvbuf->phead = NULL;
 	precvbuf->ptail = NULL;
 	precvbuf->pend = NULL;
 	return res;