diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index f2396a13c0c2..395bfc51e256 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1268,7 +1268,6 @@ struct btrfs_root {
 };
 
 struct btrfs_file_private {
-	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	void *filldir_buf;
 };