1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/elevator.c b/drivers/block/elevator.c
index 415144372c75..af2388e73f61 100644
--- a/drivers/block/elevator.c
+++ b/drivers/block/elevator.c
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ static int elevator_attach(request_queue_t *q, struct elevator_type *e,
         q->elevator = eq;
         q->end_sector = 0;
         q->boundary_rq = NULL;
-        q->max_back_kb = 0;
 
         if (eq->ops->elevator_init_fn)
                 ret = eq->ops->elevator_init_fn(q, eq);
@@ -227,16 +226,13 @@ void elevator_exit(elevator_t *e)
 void elv_dispatch_sort(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 {
         sector_t boundary;
-        unsigned max_back;
         struct list_head *entry;
 
         if (q->last_merge == rq)
                 q->last_merge = NULL;
 
         boundary = q->end_sector;
-        max_back = q->max_back_kb * 2;
-        boundary = boundary > max_back ? boundary - max_back : 0;
-        
+
         list_for_each_prev(entry, &q->queue_head) {
                 struct request *pos = list_entry_rq(entry);