diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 1fc40afcbf1f506462d7c5fd2f060a4a99ff3457..30d2613e912b8804c994fc19e25b767f360ce51a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type {
 	const char *name;
 	struct module *owner;
 	unsigned flags;
-	unsigned max_deviceinfo_size;
 	unsigned max_layoutget_response;
 
 	int (*set_layoutdriver) (struct nfs_server *, const struct nfs_fh *);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
index 178001c90156fdb8dd107ae62821f0ebd56b27de..bf0f2d67e96c15febbc1bcc1af36ef50a8dcab77 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ nfs4_get_device_info(struct nfs_server *server,
 	 * GETDEVICEINFO's maxcount
 	 */
 	max_resp_sz = server->nfs_client->cl_session->fc_attrs.max_resp_sz;
-	if (server->pnfs_curr_ld->max_deviceinfo_size &&
-	    server->pnfs_curr_ld->max_deviceinfo_size < max_resp_sz)
-		max_resp_sz = server->pnfs_curr_ld->max_deviceinfo_size;
 	max_pages = nfs_page_array_len(0, max_resp_sz);
 	dprintk("%s: server %p max_resp_sz %u max_pages %d\n",
 		__func__, server, max_resp_sz, max_pages);