2 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index c20e1d0947b1..af3c10f47f20 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -329,8 +329,6 @@ static int ghes_read_estatus(struct ghes *ghes, u64 *buf_paddr)
                 return -ENOENT;
         }
 
-        ghes->flags |= GHES_TO_CLEAR;
-
         rc = -EIO;
         len = cper_estatus_len(ghes->estatus);
         if (len < sizeof(*ghes->estatus))
@@ -357,15 +355,12 @@ err_read_block:
 static void ghes_clear_estatus(struct ghes *ghes, u64 buf_paddr)
 {
         ghes->estatus->block_status = 0;
-        if (!(ghes->flags & GHES_TO_CLEAR))
-                return;
 
         if (!buf_paddr)
                 return;
 
         ghes_copy_tofrom_phys(ghes->estatus, buf_paddr,
                               sizeof(ghes->estatus->block_status), 0);
-        ghes->flags &= ~GHES_TO_CLEAR;
 }
 
 static void ghes_handle_memory_failure(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata, int sev)
diff --git a/include/acpi/ghes.h b/include/acpi/ghes.h
index f82f4a7ddd90..e3f1cddb4ac8 100644
--- a/include/acpi/ghes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/ghes.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  * estatus: memory buffer for error status block, allocated during
  * HEST parsing.
  */
-#define GHES_TO_CLEAR           0x0001
 #define GHES_EXITING            0x0002
 
 struct ghes {