diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
index 7f69885ee96b..2e70203c4e6d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ int rtw_init_cmd_priv(struct cmd_priv *pcmdpriv)
 
 	pcmdpriv->rsp_buf = pcmdpriv->rsp_allocated_buf  +  4 - ((size_t)(pcmdpriv->rsp_allocated_buf) & 3);
 
-	pcmdpriv->cmd_issued_cnt = 0;
 	pcmdpriv->cmd_done_cnt = 0;
 exit:
 	return res;
@@ -246,8 +245,6 @@ int rtw_cmd_thread(void *context)
 			goto post_process;
 		}
 
-		pcmdpriv->cmd_issued_cnt++;
-
 		pcmd->cmdsz = round_up(pcmd->cmdsz, 4);
 
 		memcpy(pcmdbuf, pcmd->parmbuf, pcmd->cmdsz);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_cmd.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_cmd.h
index 60f953b4e9a2..b4ee2c8dfdf4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_cmd.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_cmd.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ struct cmd_priv {
 	u8	*cmd_allocated_buf;
 	u8	*rsp_buf;	/* shall be non-paged, and 4 bytes aligned */
 	u8	*rsp_allocated_buf;
-	u32	cmd_issued_cnt;
 	u32	cmd_done_cnt;
 	u8 cmdthd_running;
 	struct adapter *padapter;